Excerpt from An Account of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Republic of Mexico: With Proposals for Establishing a Communication Between the Atlantic and Pacific OceansIN presenting this account of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to the Public, the Editors deem it necessary to premise that it has been principally compiled from two reports published in London, in the year 1844, by Sr. Gaetano Moro, the Engi neer, under whose superintendence the Survey was executed, and it has been their endeavour, in all statements of facts, to give them as near as possible, in the words of Sr. Moro, as found in his publications.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.