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Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps
1:00 PM PT - Nov 6th, 2008

 

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Survey of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec

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Title: Survey of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Executed in the Years 1842 and 1843, with the Intent of Establishing a Communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans...
Author: [Moro, Gaetano]
Description: 188 pp. Five folding maps, including hand-colored engraved frontispiece. (8vo) 8¾x5½, original front wrapper laid down on new stiff wrappers. First Edition.Hard to find survey "under the Superintendence of a Scientific Commission, Appointed by the Projector Don José de Garay" -from title. Map titles are in Spanish. Sabin 26549.
Heading: zzfPlace Published: London
Publisher: Ackermann and Co.
Date Published: 1844

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Wrappers worn, hinges partially detached; light foxing, maps chipped with stubtears; overall good.

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