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Panama. 'Rio Savana or Chaparti, with the Route thence to the Atlantic'. Shows a...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/1783
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- FO 925/1783
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1851
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Description (What the record is about)
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Panama. 'Rio Savana or Chaparti, with the Route thence to the Atlantic'. Shows a proposed canal from the Savana to the Caribbean which would form a waterway across the isthmus from the Gulf of San Miguel to the coast near Vieja. Soundings, topographical notes along the course of the river. Note of dredging and cutting work necessary. Reference table of tides, travelling time. Scale: 1 inch to about 2.5 miles.Edward Cullen M D, October, 1851. Harrison and Sons, Lithographers, St Martin's Lane, London.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 45 cm x 34 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Lithographed, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 4063
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3818347/
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Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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