Report of the secretary of war, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate
Subtitle: Lieutenant Michler's report of his survey for an interoceanic ship canal near the Isthmus of Darien
Series: [U.S.] 36th Cong., 2d sess. Senate. Ex. doc. no. 9: [serial no -- 1085-1086]
Publisher: G.W. Bowman, printer
Published: 1861
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Subjects: Interoceanic Canals; Description and travel; Discoveries in geography
Notes: One of the folded tables is: xvii.--Appendix K. Physiographic table on the Isthmus of Choco.

[Vol. 2] consists wholly of folded maps and folded profiles.
Table of contents: title: Orders, instructions, plan of operations, &c.; title: II. Importance of an interoceanic ship canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.; title: III. Chapter descriptive of the natural features of the country along the line of survey of the proposed interoceanic ship canal, etc., from the Gulf of Darien to the Pacific Ocean, via the Atrato and Truandó rivers.; title: IV. General outfit; title: Instruments; title: Organization of engineer party, &c.; title: Nature and result of operations.; title: V. Climate.; title: VI. Discussions of the eengineering questions relating to the practicability of uniting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by a ship canal, including estimates of work and cost of construction.; title: VII. Report on the physiography of the Isthmus of Chocó. By Arthur Schott.; title: VIII. Appendix A. Remarks on the geognostic structure of the country, with accompanying descriptive table of geloogical specimens. By Arthur Schott.; title: IX. Appendix B. Botany; title: Algæ. By Professor W.H. Harvey, with notes by Arthur Schott.; title: X. Appendix C. Botany; title: Filices and Lycopodiaceæ. By Daniel C. Eaton, esq., with notes by Arthur Schott.; title: XI. Appendix D. Botany; title: Phanerogamæ.; title: XII. Appendix E. Zoölogy; title: Mammalia. By A.Schott.; title: XIII. Appendix F. Zoology; title: Birds. By John Cassin, of Philadelphia.; title: XIV. Appendix G. Zoölogy; title: Reptiles and amphibia. Remarks by Arthur Schott.; title: XV. Appendix H. Zoölogy; title: The fishes. By Theodore Gill, esq.; title: XVI. Appendix I. Zoölogy; title: Invertebratæ.; title: XVII. Appendix K. Physiographic table on the Isthmus of Choco. Prepared by Arthur Schott.; title: XVIII. Explanatory report to tables 1, 2, 3, and 4, comprising a compilation of re