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Auction 101, Lot 216

"Isthmus of Panama", Tallis, John

Subject: Central America - Panama

Period: 1851 (circa)

Publication: Illustrated Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13 x 9.6 inches
33 x 24.4 cm
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Lovely map of the region from Nicaragua through Darien. Three proposed railway-canals are shown - two in Panama, and another in Nicaragua. Two steel engraved vignettes: The Fort at Chagre, and Gold Seekers on their way over the Cordilleras. Surrounded in a decorative border.

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Condition: B

Toned along centerfold. Trimmed into publisher credit below map, as issued.

Estimate: $80 - $120

Sold for: $55

Closed on 12/4/2002

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