Report of Historical and Technical Information Relating to the Problem of Interoceanic Communication by Way of the American Isthmus, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1883 - 219 pages |
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American Isthmus Atlantic Atrato basin Caledonia Bay canal canoe Cape Horn Captain Eads cargo carried cent Central America Chagres Chucunaqua coast Coatzacoalcos Commander Hollins commerce construction Cordillera cost cubic yards Cyane distance elevation engineers estimated examination excavation expedition exploration favorable feet Gisborne Greytown Gulf of Darien Gulf of San harbor Indians Isthmus of Darien Isthmus of Tehuantepec Juan Davila Lajas lake Lake Nicaragua length Lieutenant load lock canal locks meters miles mountains mouth Napipi navigation Navy Nicaragua ocean Pacific Panama party pass port Porto Bello practicability proposed railroad rails railway reconnaissance river route sailing San Blas San Juan San Juan River says scheme ship ship-canal ship-railway shore side slope Strain Suez Suez Canal summit summit-level survey Tehuantepec tion tonnage tons transportation Truando tunnel Tuyra United valley vessels weight width Wyse