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(PANAMA.) Airiau, Athanase. Canal Interocéanique par l'Isthme du Darien, Nouvelle-Grenade.

(PANAMA.) Airiau, Athanase. Canal Interocéanique par l'Isthme du Darien, Nouvelle-Grenade. 6 color folding maps and plans, minor tears. 8vo, modern 1/2 calf period style, original pictorial wrappers (worn) bound in; uncut, signature of Jules Remy on half-title; bookplate of Alberto Parreño on front pastedown. Paris, 1860

  • Notes: Promotional work for a scheme to colonize and build a canal through the Darien Gap, a remote region of Panama which remains largely undeveloped today. Attractively illustrated with views of the proposed settlement. Sabin 10648; Swann Parreño sale, 9 February 1978, lot 8.
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