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Map of Central America shewing the Proposed Routes of Communication between the Atlantic & Pacific O Creator: John Dower.

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Map of Central America shewing the Proposed Routes of Communication between the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans, 1856. '...and the Disputed Territories of British Honduras (Belize) & the Mosquito Shore [with] Enlarged Map of British Honduras & the Islands of Ruatan, Bonacca &c...Reference for the several proposed routes of interoceanic communiciation: Proposed Canal by way of R. Sapoa...to Pacific Ocean...Railway [via] R. Lajas...to Port S. Juan...Canal from L. Managua to Port of Tamarinda...[Canal from L. Managua] to Realejo...by the Plain of Leon...[Canal from L. Managua] to Gulf of Fonseca...Canal to unite R. Coazacalco (Gulf of Campeche) Atlantic Ocean with the R. Chicapa (Gulf of Tehuantepec)...The River San Juan is 90 miles in length. [Key for] Panama Railway...proposed Honduras Railway and others'. European exploitation of the New World, note 'Gold District' and native tribes. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.

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transport transportation ocean sea railways Caribbean engineering country islands metal lake island British geography Mexico railway color Central America Pacific Ocean Costa Rica territorial colony Belize gold canal canals Yucatan Honduras location century Colonial empire Britain newspapers press Guatemala TERRITORY concept civil engineering exploitation british honduras B&W Nicaragua engraved engraving Colour El Salvador 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century raw materials The Print Collector British Empire colonialism geographical feature Illustrated London News imperialism TGN ILN newspaper map Lake Nicaragua isthmus disputed territory 19th-century Isthmus of Panama John Dower Dower John Dower John James John James Dower Dower J. J. Dower