COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Tehuantepec Railway Company
Date:
1869
Short Title:
Map of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec: showing the lines of wagon road, telegraph and railroad
Publisher:
D. Appleton & Co.
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
Book Map
Obj Height cm:
24
Obj Width cm:
41
Scale 1:
633,600
Note:
Color map, folded to 26x16. Showing rail road, wagon road and telegraph line in red green and yellow. Includes notes and seal of Tehuantepec Railway Company. Relief shown by hachures.
Reference:
None found.
World Area:
Central America
Region:
Tehuantepec, Isthmus of (Mexico)
Subject:
Railroad
Full Title:
Map of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec: showing the lines of wagon road, telegraph and railroad proposed to be constructed under the La Sere grant 1868. Photolith. by N.Y. Lithy. Engrd & Prtg. Co., 16 & 18 Park Place. Entered ... 1868, by The Tehuantepec Railway Company ... New York. (to accompany) The Tehuantepec Railway, Its Location, Features and Advantages Under the La Sere Grant of 1869. D. Appleton & Co ... 1869.
List No:
3909.003
Series No:
3
Engraver or Printer:
N.Y. Lithg. Engrg. & Prtg. Co.
Engraver or Printer:
Baker & Godwin, Printers
Publication Author:
Tehuantepec Railway Company
Pub Date:
1869
Pub Title:
The Tehuantepec Railway, Its Location, Features and Advantages Under the La Sere Grant of 1869. D. Appleton & Co ... 1869. (on verso) Entered ... 1869, by The Tehuantepec Railway Company ... New York.
Pub Reference:
None found.
Pub Note:
Inscribed by the President of the Tehuantepec Railway, Simon Stevens. The book consists of the La Sere Grant in Spanish and in English, plus two interesting maps in outline color showing the World on Mercator's Projection and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Henry Stevens adds a section entitled "Historical and Geographical Notes 1453-1869." Cloth covered boards lacking any title.
Pub List No:
3909.000
Pub Type:
Survey Book
Pub Maps:
2
Pub Height cm:
26
Pub Width cm:
16
Image No:
3909003
Authors:
Tehuantepec Railway Company
