Errors Fallacies Inter Oceanic Transit Question by Ammen Daniel (2 results)

Paper wrappers. First edition. ii, 68 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w folding map. 8vo. Further arguments against the Ship-Railway plan of E. L. Corthell and in favor of the Nicaragua canal. Daniel Ammen (1819-1898), "naval officer, author, and inventor. served as secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission (1872-1876) and represented the United States at the Interoceanic Canal Congress in Paris in 1879. Along with Grant, he was a proponent of building a canal across Central America. Ammen authored seven pamphlets in support of this idea and was in charge of conducting a survey of the isthmus to determine the feasibility and best route for the proposed waterway" (ANBO: 05/05-00021; Oct 20 2015) Morrison: List.Interoceanic Canal and Railway routes p. 21. A very good exlib copy with a few inked stamps, minor chips on spine ends, one page with inked corrections.

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