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Title: Notes on Central America : particularly the states of Honduras and San Salvador : their geography, topography, climate, population, resources, productions, etc., etc., and the proposed Honduras inter-oceanic railway
Year: 1855 (1850s)
Authors: Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888 Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Subjects: Honduras Interoceanic Railway Company
Publisher: New York : Harper & Bros.
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elies wholly within the State of Honduras, and has al-ready undergone a close reco7inaiscmce, with the resultsherewith presented. The proposed line commences at Puerto Caballos, onthe Bay of Honduras, in lat. 15° 49 K, and long. 87°57 W., and runs nearly due south, across the continent,to the Bay of Fonseca, on the Pacific, in lat. 13° 21 N.,and long. 87° 35 W. Its total length from anchorageto anchorage, or from five fathoms of water in PuertoCaballos to five fathoms of water in the Bay of Fon-seca, is one hundred and forty-eight geographical, equalto about one hundred and sixty statute miles. Start-ing at Puerto Caballos, the line pursues a course a lit-tle east of south, across the plain of Sula, until it strikesthe Rio Ulua, near the town of Santiago. Thence itfollows the valley of that river, now called the Humu-ya, to its very soui^, in the great plain of Comayagua,a distance of not rar from one hundred miles from Pu-erto Caballos. At the southern extremity of this plain o 1
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