Stock# 101912
Description
Lithographic map showing the completed and projected parts of the Pan-American Highway issued by the Pan-American Union in 1942, the 450th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America. A portrait of Christopher Columbus is in the upper right, after an engraving by Theodor de Bry that served as a frontispiece for his fifth volume of America. The section over the Darien Gap is demarcated as "projected".
Condition Description
Folding map tipped onto p. 15 of 16 pp. booklet. Some soiling on recto and verso of booklet covers, not affecting map (map in VG+ condition).