Shufeldt, Robert W. Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain The Practicability of a Ship-Canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by the way of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1872. [11925]
Green cloth with gilt titles to front & spine, bottom part of backstrip repasted to spine, edges worn, 12 x 9 1/2 inches. Ex library with stamps and signatures on the end papers. 151 pages of text with eratta slip, last third of text with dampstain in the top margin. 3 colored lithograph plates and 8 black and white ones, list below. 19 (of 20) maps & plans, most large and folding, one single plate in colors, lacks Map 1. These are generally in good condition, with some folds having edge-wear; one creased from improper folding. Fair. Hardcover.
42d Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 6.
With the following lithographs: Consulate at Minatitlan, with Officers of Expedition (colored); Minatitlan from Rear of Consulate (b/w); Coatzacoalcos River at Minatitlan (colored); Headquarters at Chivela (b/w); Monument Hill, Chivela (b/w); Lt. Comdr. Bartlett's Party Taking Cross Section of Almoloya River (b/w); River Verde at Old Transit Crossing (b/w); Tarifa Plain (b/w); Ranchos at Tarifa (b/w); Party under Lieut. Comdr. Bartlett in Camp at Tarifa (b/w); Rancho at Tarifa with Camp Hunter (colored).
The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is the narrowest region of Mexico between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It had been considered for an overland route to connect the two oceans before the Panama Canal was proposed some 25 years later. An overland railroad route was designed and operated, opening eventually in 1907.
