COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Tehuantepec Railway Company's chart of the world on Mercator's projection
Obj Height cm:
42
Obj Width cm:
69
Scale 1:
60,000,000
Note:
Outline color, folded to 26x16, with 2 insets. Showing the World on Mercator's Projection and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Includes explanation. Steam ship, sailing boat and railroad routes colored in red and blue.
Reference:
None found.
Full Title:
Tehuantepec Railway Company's chart of the world on Mercator's projection showing the line of the railway, with its connections by steamships & sailing vessels with the prominent ports of the world. Compiled: Under the direction of Simon Stevens, President of the Tehuantepec Railway Co., by Col. Julius W. Adams, C.E. Photolith. by N.Y. Lithy. Engrd & Prtg. Co., 16 & 18 Park Place. Entered ... 1868, by The Tehuantepec Railway Company ... New York. (insets) Nicaragua route, the world on polar projections. (to accompany) The Tehuantepec Railway, Its Location, Features and Advantages Under the La Sere Grant of 1869. D. Appleton & Co ... 1869.
List No:
3909.002
Series No:
2
Pub Date:
1869
Pub Title:
The Tehuantepec Railway, Its Location, Features and Advantages Under the La Sere Grant of 1869. D. Appleton & Co ... 1869. (on verso) Entered ... 1869, by The Tehuantepec Railway Company ... New York.
Pub Reference:
None found.
Pub Note:
Inscribed by the President of the Tehuantepec Railway, Simon Stevens. The book consists of the La Sere Grant in Spanish and in English, plus two interesting maps in outline color showing the World on Mercator's Projection and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Henry Stevens adds a section entitled "Historical and Geographical Notes 1453-1869." Cloth covered boards lacking any title.
Pub List No:
3909.000
Pub Maps:
2
Pub Height cm:
26
Pub Width cm:
16
Image No:
3909002
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
D. Appleton & Co.
Type:
Book Map
World Area:
World
Subject:
Railroad
Engraver or Printer:
N.Y. Lithg. Engrg. & Prtg. Co.
Engraver or Printer:
Baker & Godwin, Printers
Publication Author:
Tehuantepec Railway Company
Pub Type:
Survey Book
Author:
Tehuantepec Railway Company
Date:
1869
Tehuantepec Railway Company's chart of the world on Mercator's projection
