1913 Official Handbook Panama Canal Third Edition w/ Fold-Out Map Isthmian Comm

Rare original 1913 Official Handbook of the Panama Canal – Third Edition (Revised and Enlarged), compiled by the Secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission, Ancon, Canal Zone.

This historic handbook documents the construction and operation of the Panama Canal, then nearing completion, with detailed descriptions of locks, dams, engineering challenges, and operations.

Highlights:
Original fold-out map “Isthmus with Completed Canal” – clean and intact.
Dozens of diagrams and illustrations, including Gatun Dam and canal locks.
Published just one year before the official opening of the Panama Canal in 1914.


A significant piece of Panama Canal history, ideal for collectors of military engineering, maritime history, government documents, and early 20th-century Americana.

Condition:
Covers show light edge wear, consistent with age. The top corner on the back of the cover is missing.
Binding intact; pages clean with no major damage.
Fold-out map crisp, with only light fold wear.