[Americans convertng canoes into schooners, in the Bay of Panama] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Americans convertng canoes into schooners, in the Bay of Panama], [1849 July 14] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3d/3d6fa87ae962-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique engraving captures [Americans convertng canoes into schooners, in the Bay of Panama] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Americans convertng canoes into schooners, in the Bay of Panama]
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Americans in the Bay of Panama are shown turning canoes into schooners, a scene the *Illustrated London News* published in July 1849. That year the California gold rush drew thousands of men across the Isthmus of Panama, and many who could not find quick passage on a ship improvised their own vessels to carry them up the Pacific coast. The wood engraving captures that scramble, when a canoe and a few timbers could become a seagoing craft. The caption information comes from an older record and is unverified, so the specific details of the boats and workers are best read as the magazine's account of the moment.
| Created / published | [1849 July 14] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Notes | Wood engraving in Illustrated London News, July 14, 1849. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,227 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-124981 |
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