[America/Exploration] Rockwell, John A.; Alexander, John Henry. Canal or Railroad between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; Report # 145. 1849. (Complete) Thick 8vo, 678 (1) (16 folding maps) pp., full calf with red and black spine labels, calf dry with lower joint working, text moderately browned, maps VG, House Doc. #145 (30th Cong. 2nd Sess.) to accompany No. 42. (15 maps bound in) This is a whole volume on a feasibility study of Canals and Railroads to connect the East and West coast of America. There were a large number of people involved such as Fremont, Albert, Maury, latins from Central America etc. Maps: l) Robert Mills - map of USA from surveys of Freemont, Albert and others 2) - 8) Seven topographical maps of a route from Missouri to Oregon by Pruess from Freemont's data (final map show Nez Pierce Indian Reservation on Columbia River), 9) Map of a River in Mexico, 10) map of Canal profile of land between Lake Nicaragua and the South Sea by Washington Hood (1835) 11) Map of the west coast of Nicaragua, 12) Bay of Limon by J. A. Lloyd 1829, 13) Map of the Isthmus of Panama showing the Maritime Canal Route by Napoleon Garella 1845, 14) Part of Mexico showing Tehuantepec 1845, 15) profile of route taken to determine the difference in sea levels of Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. VG+ copy of this valued source of opening up the West.

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