Excerpt from The West Coast of North America: Between Panama and Queen Charlotte Islands, Including Port Simpson and Sitka SoundThe Isthmus of Tehuantepec: being the results of a survey for a railroad, &c., , to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by J. J. Williams, principal assistant engineer.A voyage round the world in the years 1740-4, commanded by Lord Anson. Com piled from his papers and materials by Richard Walter.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.