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Book/Printed Material Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the practicability of a ship canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by the way of the Isthmus of Darien by Thos. Oliver Selfridge, Commander, U.S. Navy Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 42-113

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  • Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the practicability of a ship canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by the way of the Isthmus of Darien by Thos. Oliver Selfridge, Commander, U.S. Navy

Other Title

  • Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 42-113

Names

  • United States Congress. House
  • Barker, George Frederick
  • Blake, F. P. Jr
  • Bowditch, E. W.
  • Carson, J. Petigru
  • Collins, F. (Frederick)
  • Fussell, Linnaeus
  • Griffith, Alfred
  • Lull, Edward Phelps
  • Maack, G. A.
  • Mosman, A. T. (Alonzo T.)
  • Selfridge, Thomas Oliver
  • Simon, W. J.
  • Sullivan, J. A.
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. House, author

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1873.

Headings

  • -  Atmospheric pressure
  • -  Canals
  • -  Cartography
  • -  Chronometers
  • -  Climate
  • -  Coal
  • -  Discoveries in geography
  • -  Discovery and exploration
  • -  Dredging
  • -  Ethnology
  • -  Exports
  • -  Foreign trade and employment
  • -  Foreign trade promotion
  • -  Geodesy
  • -  Geological surveys
  • -  Harbors
  • -  Health
  • -  Hydraulic engineering
  • -  Hydrographic surveying
  • -  Imports
  • -  Canals, Interoceanic
  • -  Latitude
  • -  Locks (Hydraulic engineering)
  • -  Longitude
  • -  Maps
  • -  Shipping
  • -  Navigation
  • -  Ocean currents
  • -  Bodies of water
  • -  Rivers
  • -  Sanitation
  • -  Surveying
  • -  Tonnage
  • -  Trade routes
  • -  Tunnels
  • -  Animals
  • -  Wildlife artists
  • -  Winds
  • -  United States Darien Exploring Expedition (1870)
  • -  Indigenous peoples
  • -  Construction
  • -  Cost
  • -  Financial statements
  • -  Building sites
  • -  Land use
  • -  Atlantic Ocean
  • -  Atrato River (Colombia)
  • -  Chepo River
  • -  Isthmus of Panama
  • -  Mandinga River (Panama)
  • -  Morti River (Panama)
  • -  Napipi River (Panama)
  • -  Nercalagua River (Panama)
  • -  New Granada
  • -  Pacific Ocean
  • -  Panama
  • -  San Blas de Cuna Islands
  • -  Sucubti River (Panama)

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Names lists
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (268 pages). illustrations, maps, tables.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 42-3:H.MIS.DOC.113
  • Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 1575

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024882206

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. House, George Frederick Barker, F. P. Jr Blake, E. W Bowditch, J. Petigru Carson, F Collins, Linnaeus Fussell, et al. Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the practicability of a ship canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by the way of the Isthmus of Darien by Thos. Oliver Selfridge, Commander, U.S. Navy. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1873] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024882206/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. House, Barker, G. F., Blake, F. P. J., Bowditch, E. W., Carson, J. P., Collins, F. [...] United States Congress. House, A. (1873) Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the practicability of a ship canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by the way of the Isthmus of Darien by Thos. Oliver Selfridge, Commander, U.S. Navy. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024882206/.

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United States Congress. House, et al. Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the practicability of a ship canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by the way of the Isthmus of Darien by Thos. Oliver Selfridge, Commander, U.S. Navy. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1873] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024882206/>.