A major trade route between New York…

1855 CE

A major trade route between New York City and San Francisco runs through southern Nicaragua, as there is no inter-oceanic route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans at this time, and the transcontinental railway does not yet exist.

Ships from New York enter the San Juan River from the Atlantic and sail across Lake Nicaragua.

People and goods are then transported by stagecoach across a narrow strip of land near the city of Rivas, before reaching the Pacific and ships to San Francisco.

The commercial exploitation of this route had been granted by Nicaragua to the Accessory Transit Company, controlled by shipping magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt.

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Granada Granada Nicaragua View →

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Cornelius Vanderbilt View → William Walker (filibuster) View →

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New York State (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Nicaragua, Republic of View → California, State of (U.S.A.) View →

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Walker's Invasion of Nicaragua View →

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