This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. The United States is outlined in a reddish color and the states and territories of the U.S. and Mexico are shaded in various colors and labeled. Cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Prime meridian: Washington Scale [ca. 1:16,896,000].

Map shows major trasnportation routes and major cities in the states of Mexico, the countries of Central America, and some portions of the Texas coast and the southeastern United States; railroad construction projects in Tehuantepec and Honduras in insets. Includes table of abbreviations with translations, legend, and tables lising major mountain peaks. Insets: "Tehuantepec Eisenbahn-project bearbeit von Barnard 1851" and "Honduras Eisenbahn-project bearbeit von E. G. Squier u. W. N. Jeffers 1853." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:6,000,000].