Canal interocéanique par l'Isthme du Darien : Nouvelle-Grenade (Amérique du Sud) : canalisation par la colonisation
This work pitches Airiau’s distinctive approach to the challenge of building the canal, which he summarizes with the pithy phrase canalisation par la colonization ("canalization through colonization"). In short, he envisions constructing an "agricultural and industrial colony", t...
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| Format: | Map Book |
| Language: | French |
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Paris :
Chez France, Libraire,
1860.
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| Summary: | This work pitches Airiau’s distinctive approach to the challenge of building the canal, which he summarizes with the pithy phrase canalisation par la colonization ("canalization through colonization"). In short, he envisions constructing an "agricultural and industrial colony", the proceeds of which would fund construction of the canal across the Isthmus. |
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| Item Description: | Dedication signed: A. Airiau. Includes 6 folded maps "dressé par A. Airiau, authographié par A. Regnier". The Cushing Library/Science Fiction copy is part of the Maps of Imaginary Places Collection. |
| Physical Description: | 3 unnumbered preliminary leaves, 116 pages : 6 folded hand colored maps, plans ; 24 cm |