Engraved map, hand-colored in outline. 59.5x82 cm (23½x32¼"), backed with linen & sectioned for folding, with original slipcase with publisher's printed paper label; printed leaf with list of Wyld maps, atlases and globes monted on map verso.
Informative map useful for planning that trip across Central American on the way to the California gold fields, with inset of the Isthmus of Panama and five sections showing elevations at various places of crossing.
Further Notes from the Files of Warren Heckrotte
Full title: Map of Central America, Shewing the Different Lines of Atlantic & Pacific Communication. By James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen & H.R.H. Prince Albert. Charing Cross East. A Model o f the Earth, Leicester Sqe. London. 1852. | British Statute Miles [linear scale] Castillian or Common Spanish Leagues of 5000 Varas each [linear scale] | [inset :] Isthmus of Panama | [profile 1:] Across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec | [profile 2:] Port Sn. Juan del Norte to Port Realejo | [profile 3:] Lake Nicaragua to Port San Juan del Sur. | [profile 4:] Chagres & Vaca de Monte | [profile 5:] Depth of the River Colorado | [lower margin] Published by James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen & H.R.H. Prince Albert Charing Cross East London, Jany. 21. 1852.
Provenance: Maggs, 8/88
References: Kapp, MCC 106, Printed Maps of Central America, No. 191. Six editions are listed: 1850; 1852; 1852; 1853;1856;1860. Almagre, list 56A, 6/02, has an 1854 ed.