[Ferdinand de Lesseps, Panama Canal] - BULÖW, baron A. V. Karte dexs Isthmus von Nicaragua und Panama in mittel- America mit den verschiedenen Canal project en zur verbindung des atlantischen u Stillen oceans nach J. Bailly, und den besten quellen zusammmenges stellt von... [Sketch of the isthmus between Nicaragua and Panama, Central America, with the various canal projects to connect the Atlantic Ocean to the calm waters of the Pacific Ocean, compiled by... Gest. D. lith. Anst. V. H. Delius. Stuttgart [And Berlin verlag von Dunker on the front cover], Verlag von Carl Strabbe, 1851. Large canvas map, 57 x 49 cm, in colour, folded in a red percaline folder with cold decoration, gilt title to centre front cover. Map enriched with several insets and in the lower part of a large map: Skisse vom Flusse Sn Juan [Sketch of the SAN JUAN River, main part of the connecting route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, CENTRAL AMERICA. Surveyed in July 1841 by BARON A.V. BÜLOW, Prussian lieutenant in the 24th Infantry Regiment]. Slight rubbing to the slipcase, minor defects to the headpieces. A precious copy enriched with a large heraldic ex libris of Ferdinand de Lesseps, who undertook the construction of the Panama Canal. We have here a sketch of the projects.