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Robert Tomes

Robert Tomes

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Authority record for the author credited on the 1855 Harper & Brothers edition of Panama in 1855. Dates follow established bibliographic authority records; distinguish from later writers of the same surname.

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Robert Tomes (1817–1882) was an American physician, writer, and traveler. His 1855 account of Panama and the trans-isthmian railroad preserves firsthand observations of hotels, saloons, drinking culture, and a Champagne cock-tail prepared with commercially transported ice.

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Robert Tomes records a Champagne cock-tail made with Rockland ice in AspinwallRobert Tomes records a Champagne cock-tail made with Rockland ice in Aspinwall
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Panama in 1855 — Robert Tomes — AuthorPanama in 1855 — Robert Tomes — Author
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