Mapa general de la republica de Salvador / levantado por Maxmilian v. Sonnenstern por orden de su excelencia Sr. Don Rafael Campo 1859

Relief shown by hachures. Includes 9 views, note and inset map "Plano de Nueva San Salvador." "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1858 by M.V. Sonnenstern in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York." "Printed by J. Rau."

Maximilian von Sonnenstern was a German civil engineer who was employed for many years by the government of Nicaragua and carried out detailed surveys of the country. Sonnenstern also produced maps of other Central American countries. His Mapa general de la republica de Salvador (General map of the Republic of El Salvador), created in 1858 and published in 1859, was commissioned by Rafael Campo (1813‒90), president of El Salvador in 1856‒58. The map contains nine cross sections, showing the heights of mountains and volcanoes. An inset map depicts Nueva San Salvador, generally known today as Santa Tecla, which was founded in 1854 and briefly served as the national capital when San Salvador (located 11 kilometers to the northeast) was devastated by an earthquake. The map shows international borders with Guatemala and Honduras, department borders, cities and towns, rivers, roads, planned railroad lines, mines, mills, and the Pacific Ocean. Relief is shown by hachures. Two distance scales

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