Large beautiful 1904 Lithograph of Atlantic Coast Rio Mangle - Rio Mandiga Gulf

Description

Up for sale is a spectacular Large Original Lithograph of the Atlantic Coast from  Rio Mangle - Rio Mandiga Gulf of San Blas.  This was done as part of the survey work for the Panama Canal of the proposed Panama Canal Route on the Isthmus of Darien and published circa 1904 as part of The Report of The Isthmian Canal Commission Report.  This is plate number 7 from that report. It is a beautiful color lithograph that measures approximately 22 m 75  inches.   A great original map of historical significance that would look very nice framed.
The piece is in generally good condition with the biggest issue being the plan was folded (as published) and has remained folded for the past one hundred plus years.  Therefore there are flods and the map is delicate. One needs to be very careful when opening it so as not to cause rips along the creases.  Pretty much I recommend opening it once and then getting it framed. There is light browning around the edges and a couple of creases at the edges but all in all this is a very nice piece.
This piece was part of a large set of plates published by the Canal Commission.  This set includes beautiful maps of local areas, world wide trade routs, color views of parts of the Central American Coastline and diagrams show proposed routes of the canal or technical specifications. Most of the maps and diagrams were very large and all are very rare.  They are lithographed by a couple companies and all of them printed by the Government Printing Office.  Dates vary and the printing was either 1904 or 1906.  Please see my other sales if interested in this material as there were 86 of these large prints and I have them up for sale.
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