The Isthmus of Darien Ship Canal. (With maps.)

Front matter

ISTHMUS OF DARIEN SHIP CANAL. Sketches of thœ Dctsrien, J'/?./ /j Ca?vct<A £ou£e, &y DA (mAJ^tl. ISTHMUS OF DARIEN SHIP CANAL; WITH A FULL HISTORY OF THE SCOTCH COLONY OF DARIEN, SEVERAL MAPS, VIEWS OF THE COUNTRY, AND ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS. BY Dr. CULLEN, F.R.G.S. SECOND EDITION, much enlarged. LONDON : EFFINGHAM WILSON, PUBLISHER, H, ROYAL EXCHANGE. 1853. TO MESSRS. LEWIS H. & EDWARD HASLEWOOD, IN GRATITUDE FOR THE EARLY ASSISTANCE RENDERED BT THEM TO HIS EFFORTS IN THE PROSECUTION OF THE PROJECT OF A SHIP CANAL FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, ACROSS THE ISTHMUS OF DARIEN, THESE PAGES ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, BY EDWARD CULLEN, M.D, M.R.C.S.E. INDEX. Page. Preface ........ ix Advantages of a Ship Canal . . , . 1 Ignorance respecting Darien . . . . . .11 Other Routes proposed . . . . . . .12 Discovery of the Route . . . . . . .18 Darien Canal Route ....... 20 Vegetable Products, etc. . . . . . .32 Minerals 37 Emigration and Colonisation consequent on the undertaking 41 History of Darien ....... 45 Description of the Pacific Coast and Interior . . .51 Atlantic Coast . . . . . . . .58 Magdalena River . . . . . . . .59 Indians of Darien . . . ' . . . .

C5 Their Villages and Population . . . . . .71 Declaration of Santa Anna Ceballos . . . .75 The Concession . . , . . • ' .81 Means of making the Road and Canal — Climate . . 83 Profits of a Ship Canal — Preliminary Road . . .91 INDEX.

Appendix

. Page. Vocabulary of the Darien Language . . . . .99 Engineer's Report ....... 103 Prospectus of the Atlantic and Pacific Junction Company . 115 The " Times" and Sir Charles Fox .... 124 The Most Practical Nation 138 The Bulwer and Clayton Treaty 141 The Scotch Colony of Darien . . . . .147 Translations of Documents from the Archives of Bogota .