Altea Gallery Ltd. 35 Saint George St,London W1S 2FN [email protected] - www.alteagallery.com Tel : +44(0) 20 7491 0010 The Tehuantepec Isthmus surveys of the 1850s BARNARD, J.G. et al. [Eight maps from the survey to create a trade route across the Tehuantepec Isthmus.] Plan of that part of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec between the Jaltepec River and the Pacific Plains; Embracing all of the Engineering difficulties... [&] Chart of the Entrance and Channel of the Boca- Barra... [&] Mouth of the Coatzacoalcos River... [&] Map of the Coatzacoalcos River... [&] Map of the River Uspanapa... [&] Sketch of the Mouth of the Coatzacoalcos River... [&] Charts of the Ports of Laventosa & Salina Cruz... [&] Map of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec embracing all Surveys of the Engineering & Hydrographic Parties and Shewing the Proposed route of the Tehuantepec Rail Road... New York & New Orleans: the Tehuantepec Rail Road Company, 1847-1851. Eight engraved & lithographiclithographic maps,maps, dissecteddissected andand laidlaid onon linen,linen, withwith thethe labelslabels ofof FrenchFrench mapsellermapseller Andriveau-Andriveau- Goujon, with cloth gilt slipcase. £2,000 A series of maps of Mexico created during an attempt to create a trade route by canal and railroad across the Mexican Isthmus of Tehuantepec, linking the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific, half a century before the Panama Canal. The rights to build a canal and railroad here were sold by Mexican President Santa Anna, and passed through the hands of a British bank before becoming the property of Peter A. Hargous and the Tehuantepec Rail Road Company of New Orleans in 1849. After funding surveys and buying land, the project failed because of Altea Gallery Ltd. 35 Saint George St,London W1S 2FN [email protected]@alteagallery.com -- www.alteagallery.comwww.alteagallery.com Tel : +44(0) 20 7491 0010 disagreements between the Mexican and U.S. governments. Hargous sold his stock, reporting losseslosses ofof $5$5 million.million. TheThe governmentgovernment ofof PanamaPanama provedproved toto bebe moremore amenableamenable toto AmericanAmerican companies. Stock ID :12388 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org).