Central America, Guatemala, Panama - George Heriot Swanston - 1856

£35.00

Central America, Guatemala, Panama, 1856

Central America shewing the Proposed Junctions of Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Lithograph map with original colour, Guatemala shewing the Proposed Junction by Canal, and Panama shewing the Proposed Junction by Railway.

Engraved by George Heriot Swanston from "A Gazeteer of the World", 1856.

Size 15.5 x 25 cm. Condition Good.

George Heriot Swanston (7 May 1814 in Edinburgh – ?)

Was a Scottish map engraver, particularly noted for his engravings and vignettes illustrating Archibald Fullarton & Co's Royal Illustrated Atlas in the 1860s. He often collaborated with another Scot, the cartographer John Bartholomew. George Heriot was the son of George Swanston who had married Margaret Heriot on 2 November 1807 at Canongate in Edinburgh.

Central America, Guatemala, Panama, 1856

Central America shewing the Proposed Junctions of Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Lithograph map with original colour, Guatemala shewing the Proposed Junction by Canal, and Panama shewing the Proposed Junction by Railway.

Engraved by George Heriot Swanston from "A Gazeteer of the World", 1856.

Size 15.5 x 25 cm. Condition Good.

George Heriot Swanston (7 May 1814 in Edinburgh – ?)

Was a Scottish map engraver, particularly noted for his engravings and vignettes illustrating Archibald Fullarton & Co's Royal Illustrated Atlas in the 1860s. He often collaborated with another Scot, the cartographer John Bartholomew. George Heriot was the son of George Swanston who had married Margaret Heriot on 2 November 1807 at Canongate in Edinburgh.

Code : A200

Cartographer : Cartographer / Engraver / Publisher: George Heriot Swanston

Date : Publication Place / Date - 1856

Size : Sheet size: Image Size:  16.5 x 25 cm

Availability : Available

Type - Genuine - Antique

Grading A

Where Applicable - Folds as issued. Light box photo shows the folio leaf centre margin hinge ‘glue’, this is not visible otherwise.

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