An Exposition of the Errors and Fallacies in Rear-Admiral Ammen's Pamphlet Entitled "the Certainty of the Nicaragua Canal Contrasted With the Uncertainties of the Eads Ship Railway."

Corthell, E. L.

Published by Washington, Washington, 1886

About this Item

22x14.8 cm. 20th century library boards with original printed wrappers bound in. Typed paper label on front. Fine condition. 52 pp., including a plan (on page 19) showing a comparison of the Suez and proposed Nicaragua Canals. This work opposes the building of a Nicaragua canal, preferring the building of a "ship railway" where ships would be loaded onto railroad cars for transport between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Exposition of the Errors and Fallacies in Rear-Admiral Ammen's Pamphlet Entitled "the Certainty of the Nicaragua Canal Contrasted With the Uncertainties of the Eads Ship Railway."
• Publisher: Washington, Washington
• Publication Date: 1886
• Binding: Soft cover
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