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(MARITIME COMMERCE.) Napoleon III (Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte). Canal of Nicaragua:or, a Project to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by Means of a Canal. [4], viii, 70 pages, and 3 engraved folding maps by James Wyld (World, Central America, Nicaragua). 8vo, 9 1/2x6 inches, richly gilt presentation morocco, neatly rebacked with original backstrip laid on; minor foxing, a few closed tears, upper margin of title-page inscribed. London: privately printed by Mills & Son, 1846
Rare [unpublished] treatise by Napoleon III, written several years prior to his presidency of France, examining the feasibility of a man-made waterway through the heart of Nicaragua, illustrated with maps detailing the global advantages of opening such a channel.
