(PANAMA.) Group of 3 pamphlets on the road proposed by the Chiriqui Improvement Company. 3 items, all 8vo, disbound; variously worn. Various places, 1852-1855 "A Brief Description of the Facilities and Advantages which a Road across Central America from Admiral's Bay, or Chiriqui Lagoon, on the Atlantic, to Chiriqui Bay, on the Pacific, would Afford to the Commerce of the World." Hand-colored folding map, folding tinted lithograph view, both with contemporary annotations. 30 pages; moderate wear; inked stamp and release stamp of the American Museum of Natural History. Includes reports by 3 engineers. One in OCLC (at Columbia University), not in Palau, and none others traced at auction. Philadelphia: B. Franklin Jackson, 1852.
"Chiriqui Improvement Company. Officers . . . Directors . . . Counsellors." Folding map. 53 pages, map detached and slightly defective but with a duplicate map included, last few leaves chipped with tape repairs. 5 in OCLC. New York: William W. Rose, 1855.
J. Eugene Flandin, Vice President. "Chiriqui Improvement Company, Report." 12 pages, minimal wear. A July 1855 report; none traced in OCLC. Philadelphia: B. Franklin Jackson, 1855.
Provenance: Swann's American Museum of Natural History duplicates sale, 1 March 1973, lot 170.