DISTANCES FROM NEW YORK TO THE PRINCIPAL FOREIGN 
AND DOMESTIC SEAPORTS OF THE WORLD, IN GEOGRAPHI- 
CAL MILES, SIXTY TO A DEGREE. 
Note.—To obtain the distances in statute miles, it will be neces- 
sary to add 3 to every 20, or 15 to every 100 geographical miles. 
The mean length of a degree of latitude is about 69 statute miles. 
(Alphabetically arranged.) 
From NEW YORK to MILES. 
Alexandria, Egypt. 5,075 
Archangel, Russia. 4,320 
Aspinwall, via Havana seceee 2,008 
Azores, The 
Balize 
Baltimore, via Cl ke Bay 
Boston, via Cape Cod...... 
Bremen............ 
Bristol, England 
Buenos Ayres 
Calcutta, via Cape of Good Hope : 
Calcutta, via Cape Horn.. A 
Calcutta, via Isthmus of P 13,400 
Callao (port of Lima), via Cape Horn.... seve 18,500 
‘allao, via 3.500 
Canton, Chine, via Cape of Good Hope.. - 19,500 
Canton, “ via Cape Horn.. +» 21,500 
via Isthmus of Panama RaERe Sa 10,600 
6 838 
Canton, 
Cape of Good Hope 
Cape Horn 
Chagres 
Giarcin: South Carolina 
Cherbourg, France ......... as 
Coatzacoalcos River, Teh Pp 
Constantinople 
Galwa; 
Guayaquil, Equador, via Cape Horn...... 
Guayaqu i; Oe Via Panama o...ereee. 
Halifax, Nova Scotia 
LENIN eaters 
‘Havana ‘to Chagres, 1,048 miles.) 
Havre, France 3,148 
Hong Kong, via Isthmus and Sandwich Islands....... 6. 488 
Kingston, Jamaica Braree Besos vas C1685 
Liverpool, by Mercator’s sailing 3,084 
Liverpool, by Mercator and Great Circle.......0+ 3,023 
Tondon, England .. 3,225 
Manilla, Phillippine Islands, via the Isthmus. 10,750 
Mazatlan, Mexico, via Cape Horn....... - 18,000 
Mazatlan, @ via Panama....... 4,000 
Melbourne, Australia, via Cape Horn. 13,390 
Melbourne, oe 
Melbourne, (3 
Mobile, Alabama... 
Monrovia, Liberia 
i, Japan 
New Orleans...... 
Norfolk, Virginia 
Panama, via Isthmus of Panama......... 
Panama, via Cape Horn...... 
PR Florida 
Pernambuco, Brazil 
Philadelphia 
Rio Janeiro, Brazil...... 
St. John’s, New Brunswick ............ 
St. Petersburg, Russia............ 
San Blas, Mexico, via Cape Horn..... 
via Cape of Goo 
via Panama.... 
see eeeeeCeeees cenccccessencess 
peer 177800 
From BOSTON to MILES. 
Albany 200. 
Augusta, Me ae 165 
PES at 2m AOU 
498 
Charleston, tie alee papeyes a VDE | 
Chicago, via Canada (shortest ‘route) Peaeeta eetbecdeccsssacrect ls) 018 
Chicago, via Clevel 503% 
Cincinnati, via Cleveland........ sosessscceesrere OSE 
Halifax, N.S. 85s 
Montreal, Canada (shortest route) .........s000 
New Orleans, La., (via Sern TOULE)...00006 
New York, via Hartford cortot 236 
Philad 323 
Portland, Me. ...... 105, 
ns bes, Canada 422 
i, Va wessseesee DOL 
Sr tean Ga. . 1,143 
St. Louis, via Chicago Weccre 1,298 
St. Louis, via Cleveland and Indianapolis 1,205 
Washington, D.C. 460 
From NEW YORK to 
Albany, N. Y, 144 
Baltimore, Md seeoresedacvecacsee: | 154 
Boston, Mass. cn 236 
Buffalo, via Hornelisville.. 423 
Buffalo, via Albany ........ 442 
Charleston, S. ©: becca’ 408 
Chicago, via Albany, Buffalo, and Cleveland. 980 
Chicago, vin Buffalo and Canada.......... 1,043 
Chicago, via Erie R.R. and Cleveland .. eosre «DOT 
Chicago, via Philadelphia and Pittsburg 935 
Cincinnati, via Albany and Buffalo 880 
Cincinnati, via Erie R.R. and Dunkirk.........ccecceeeseeee 857 
¢ incinnati, via Philadelphia and Pittsburg 807 
Cleveland, via Albany and N.Y. Central R.. R... is 625 
Cleveland, via Erie R.R. . 602 
Cleveland, via Philadelphia and Penna.. R. mee eve 580 
IDUNKINKGS: tsccessecece 460 
Indianapolis, via Albany, Buffalo, and Cleveland....... 911 
Indianapolis, via Erie R.R. and Cleveland....... e- 888 
Indianapolis, via Philadelphia and Pittsburg 838 
Louisville, Ky., via Dunkirk......000. 994 
Louisville, Ky., via Philadelphia... 946 
Milwaukie, Wi is., via Dunkirk and Chicago.. 1,047 
Mobile, Ala. 1,432 
Montreal, Canad@.......00ccsssseee 403 
New Orleans 1,598 
Niagara Falls, via Erie R.R., and Buffalo, Corning and 
New York R.R... spostetehes Seceteces 438 
Niagara Falls, via Y. ‘Central us ieieceescees 447 
Philadelphia... 87 
Quebec, Canada. on 583 
Bee 355 
heck TSO, Til, + Via Dunkirk and Chicago... wee gL 89 
St. Louis, via Dunkirk and Chicago. 3242 
St. Louis, via it teil Pittsburg, and Indianapolis.... 1,095 
Washington, D. C. 924 
PHILADELPHIA to 
Baltimore.........00s0ce 
Boston, Mass 
Buffalo, via Elmira 
Charleston, 8. C. 
Chicago, via Cl 
Chicago, via Cattawissa and Canada........ 
Cincinnati, via Pittsburg and Crestline. 
Cincinnati, via Pittsburg and Steubenville. 
Cleveland, via Pittsburg. 
From 
Pea 
Detroit, Mich., via Cattawissa and Canada.........s00000 766 
Ol mirasN. Ncisiossceus 7 
Galena, lll, via Pittsburg and Cleveland..........0sss000. pole 
Varrisburg, ‘a 106 
Indianapolis, Ia., via Pittsburg and Bellefontaine 751 
Indianapolis, Ia., via Steubenville and Columbus... 730 
Louisville, Ky., via Pittsburg and Indianapolis... 860 
Louisville, Ky., via Pittsburg and Ohio River 963 
Louisville, Ky., via Steubenville and Cincinn 796 
Milwaukie, Wis., via Cleveland.......cccccssssse-seee 937 
LAND ROULES TO PLACES 
TABLE OF DISTANCES. 
ROUTES TO AND FROM FOREIGN PORTS AND CITIES. 
Route Continued. 
San Blas, Mexico, via the Isthmus..... 
San Diego: California, via Panama. 
San Diego, via Cape Horn. 18,350 
Sandwich ‘Islands, via Tathinns of Pan 7,157 
San Francisco, via Panama 5,249 
San Francisco, via Greytown and Realejo (Nicaragua 
route) wee 4,980 
San Francisco, via Vera Cruz and Acapulco... 4,470 
(Vera Cruz to Acapulco, 370 miles.) 
San Francisco, via proposed Railroad across the Isth- 
mus of Teh 4,460 
San Francisco, via proposed Pacific Railroad, ee 3.000 
San Francisco, via Cape Horn.......... 8,850 
San Juan de Niearagua, or Greytown.. 
Savannah, Georgia......... 
Shanghae, China, via Isthmus of Panama... 
Shanghae, ‘“ via Cape of Good Hope.... 
Shanghae, “ via Cape Horn 9 
Southampton, England, via Mercator sailing........... - 8,156 
Southampton, 6 via Mercator and Great Circle, 3,087 
Tahiti, via Panama meraee 7,865 
Teneriffe, Canary Islands 2,940 
Trieste, Austria .........-00 ps ee) 
Valparaiso, via Jsthmus of Panama..... Mestatherestescst saa GCOU) 
Valparaiso, via Cape Horn a 12,900 
Vera Cruz...... 
DISTANCES FROM SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, TO MANY OF 
THE MOST PROMINENT SEAPORTS IN THE WORLD. 
From SAN FRANCISCO to 
Acapulco, Mexico.........+ 2,000 
Auckland, New Zealand, via Sandwich Islands......... 5,900 
Calcutta, via Sandwich Islands 9,595 
Canton, via Sandwich Islands......... . 7,583 
Liverpool, England, via Panama. . 8,200 
Liverpool, ss via Cape Horn 
Melbourne, Australia....... 
Monterey, California ......... 
New York, via Panama 
New York, via Nicaragua route...........sessseeceeeseeee 4,980 
New York, via proposed Railroad across the Isthmus 
of Tehuantepec 5460 
New York, via Acapulco : 4,470 
New York, via proposed Pacific Railroad.... 3,000 
New York, via Cape Horn....... 
PRANIAIND vccteevecesses ests 
San Diego, California 
Sandwich Islands 
Shanghae, China, via Sandwich Islands. 
Shanghae, ‘“ via Great Circle sailing.. 
Singapore, East Indies, via Sandwich Islands.. 
Sydney, Australia.. 
Tahiti, Society Islands, 
Tehuantepec, Mexico..........6. 
DISTANCES FROM NEW ORLEANS. 
From NEW ORLEANS to 
Boston .. poseseeee 2,000 
Callao (port of Lima), via J 3,100 
Galveston. Texas.... cr 444 
Havana, Cuba... 
Liverpool... see vee eve 
Melbourne, Australia, via Panama 10,138 
ING WEL ODICestssstesasctisctiare cececssctpsoccs sececs cae sccusess.cosssee « §=1,785 
Route Continued. MILES. 
Mobile, Ala 1,345 
Montgomery, Ala. 1,148 
New Orleans eeccecees 1,511 
New York ...... 87 
INSAOANAEL SS tistresccesscscresacesoccscsneces Raetaeheesestas Mictesecens A410: 
Pittsburg, 353 
ED ULAMIILGSE DA secccnansecscucscccssasconcctectresceeosseteess oot oot 93 
Richmond, VWetrnioctass 268 
Rochester, N. Y., via “Cattawissa and Canada... 873 
Rock tay via Chicago 1,028 
9 
Savannah, G 1 
St. Louis, via SGlevslaad and Chicago. see f 
St. Louis, via Pittsburg and Indianapol 
Route Continued. MILES. 
Panama, via the Isthmus... 1,600 
Philadelphia 1,745 
Sandwich Islands, via Panama . 6,380 
San Francisco, via Panama.... 5,100 
San Francisco, via Vera Cruz a 
Valparaiso, via Panama... 
BVCTA ONINT tht cco cesoesiestcccesecs 
DISTANCES FROM BOSTON, (See distances from New York.) 
From BOSTON to 
Halifax, Nova Scotia 
New Orleans... an 
New York, via ‘Cape Cod ». 
Liverpool, via Mercator’s sailing.. 
Liverpool, via Mercator and Great Circle.. 
Philadelphia... 
Southampton, via “Mercator’s. sailing. 
Southampton, via Mercator and Great Circle. 
From HALIFAX to 
Galway, Ireland (by sea).. 
Galway to Dublin (by land). 
Dublin to Holyhead............ 
Holyhead to LONDON........ 
Total, 2,591 
Land Route. 
From HALIFAX to 
St. John, New Brunswick. 
St. John to Waterville, Maine 
Waterville to Portland, Maine 
Portland to Boston, Massachusetts 
Boston to NEW YORK...... 
the coast to the various sea-ports. 
266 
200 
82 
105 
236 
Total, 889 
Notr.—The shortest route between Liverpoo} and America is by 
the Great Circle, or Curve, from Cape Clear, the extreme southern 
point of Ireland, to Cape Race, in Newfoundland, and thence down 
The distance between the two 
Capes, which is a common one to all the American ports, and 
measured carefully on a globe, is found to be, in round numbers, 
33 degrees, or 1980 geographical miles. 
DISTANCES FROM PHILADELPHIA. (See Distances from N. York.) 
From PHILADELPHIA to 
Boston, Massachusetts 
Charleston, South Carolina... 
Liverpool, via Mercator’s sailing... 
Liverpool, via Broa feu Great Circle.. 
New Orleans .........0005 
New York 
San Francisco, via Panama.. 
DISTANCES FROM LI¥ERPOOL, ENGLAND, TO THE MOST 
IMPORTANT SEA-PORTS OF THE WORLD. 
From LIVERPOOL to 
Baltimore, via Mercator and Great Circle... 3,375 
Boston, via Mercator’s sailing............00 2,883 
Boston, via Mercator and Great Circle ......... esecesesess 1aj040 
Route Continued. 
Rock Independence ae 
Great Souths Pass.ivcasntssclevcesscssedsavess 
Big Sandy 
Green River....... 
Fort Bridger. 
Bear River... 
Weber River... 
Sait LAKE Ciry..... 
Head of Humboldt River.. 
Sink of the Humboldt 
Sierra Nevada (summit)... 
Miles. 
- 211 ... 2,085 
St. Louis, via Pittsburg and Cincinnati...... - 1,050 Sacramento City......... 140 ... 2,225 
Toronto, Os via Cattawissa and Niagara........0. 497 SAN FRANCISCO... sos scees 140: 9: 2j000 
Washington, D.C. 137 
= ae BUTTERFIELD'S OVERLAND MAIL ROUTE, 
aon RE ne 420 From St. Louis to San Francisco, via Arizona. 
Charleston, S. C. 692 
Chicayo, 111, via Wheeling and Cleveland... 878 From ak sagittis io 160 
Cincinnati, via Wheeling, and Central Obio R.R. 629 Be eeTS Ea pie us 7 167 
Cincinnati, via Wheeling, and the Ohio River 763 Mulholland’s 13 ste 180 
Cleveland, O., via Baltimore and Ohio R.R. 523 Burns 20 ce 200 
Cleveland, O., via Pennsylvania R.M..... 469 here 5 ose 215 
Cumberland, Md 178 Baileyass she gee 
GLH ASE NGS Velecesacsersee 24 Quincy... i0 ey 236 
ELATH) OES BLUNT Va tesckccssrescsapecessastesstesetsccctieccss nest ecoseee OR Yost’s 16 fig 252 
Jonesboro’, Tenn. . 52. Balivar eas Bi 
New York... 184 Smith’s j2 7" 280 
Niagara... 415 er en 1 on 291 
Philadelphia Kane ct 97 Springfield ope 300 
Pittsburg, via Pennsylvania RR. 330 Tenn B see 313 
PRALCICH Ne Oscscccsscosce senses ¢ ro Shae Sei Pets 
Rock ‘Island, ILL, via Chicas 2 nae aces BES 
Rinunton, Varese eee oe neh ere 1 aut 
Be Boas, via W Heeling, and Ohio and Mis’ epee rad 1,459 ealagans Sie ae cm ee 
Vas. ington, Bosecee socceccccesesseses-ascecece eeee eee ue 
Wheeling, via Baltimore and Ohio R. R. ry wevettevile * 34... 426 
Williamsport, Pa. . or Ee: 420 
460 
472 
From WASHINGTON to 488 
Baltimore 503. 
Boston 520 
Buffalo, New York 537 
Charleston, §. C... 554 
Chicago, I] 57 
Cincinnati, Ohio. 588 
Cleveland, Ohio. 
Corvalles, Oregon (overland) 
Detroit, Michigan...... 
Galveston, Texa 
Ilalifax, Nova Scotia 
Memphis, Tennessee 
Mexico, City of, via New Orleans 
Montreal, Canada 
New Orleans, Louisiana. 
New York ...... 
Philadelph 137 
Quebec, Canada., 972 
Salt Lake City... 
San Francisco, California (overland) 
Santa Fe, New Mexico..... 
St. Louis, Missouri.. 
St. Paul, Minnesota 
Toronto, Canada......... 
From Council Bluffs to Salt Lake City and San Francisco. 
Place to 
Place. Miles. 
From COUNCIL BLUFF to 
Fort Kearny 250 
Forks of the Platte 425 
Chimney Rock 630 
Scott’s Bluff. 650 
Fort Laramie...... 710 
Red Buttes corre 865 
Sweet Water River 925 
Colbert’s Ferry. 
Sherman.... 
Diamond’s.... 
Gainesville 
Davidson’s 
COMOILY Betectsenseern ts Cocrerces sotstececeenecsccs 
Earhart’s 
Jack boro’ 
UM Urphyjssccccossctostscotces cesniereee nes 
Fort Belknap. 
URES TICES Biiscas cr: 
Clear Fork 
Smith’s .. 
Phantom I iT eae peacestenteeuteceter 
Mountain Pass 
Station No. 1.......... 
Fort Chadbourne.. 
Grape Creek...... 
Head of Concho. 
Horse Head Crossing 
Emigrant Crossing... 
Pope’s Camp 
Delaware Springs... Ar eng 
PPinGIVesczccseceesesse 
Canodrus.... 
Waco Tanks 
ww 1,361 
Route Continued. 
Calcutta, via Cape of Good Hope. 
Calcutta, via Cape Horn 
Calcutta, via Panama 
Callao (port of Lima), via Cape Horn ......++ 
Callao, Via Panama........ w+ 
Canton, via Cape Horn 
Canton, via Cape Of Good Hope w.ccccsscerrsreee sence 
Canton, via Panama 
Guayaquil, Equador, via Cape Horn..........seceee 
Guayaquil, (G via Panama.. 
Mazatlan, Mexico, via Cape Horn..........scsseeerserseeeee 16,500 
peas napo «via Panama 6,350 
New Orleans inion 4,750 
New York, via Mercator’s sailing. 3,084 
New York, via Mercator and Great Circle...ss..sesse+s0 8,023 
Norfolk, Virginia 3,264 
Panama, via Cape Horn 14,500 
Panama, via Isthmus of Panama 4,350 
Philadelphia, via Great Circle ........ abetscer ts ara 3,083 
Philadelphia, via Mercator’s sailing.. 
‘San Blas, Mexico, via Cape Horn... 
San Blas, «via Panama... 
San Diego, California, via Cape Hor: 
San Diego, via Panama. 
San Francisco, via Cape Horn.... 
San Francisco, via Panama....... 
Shanghae, China, via Cape of Good wore. 
Shanghae, ‘“ via Cape Horn........... 
Shanghae, “ via Panama 
Valparaiso, Chili, via Cape Horn 
‘Vielparaiso,-« 7 via PAnamnn..s.cioscewsssictcceres tases cede 
to. 
TRACK FROM LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, 
And return, or a Voyage round the World. without crossing the 
Equator, via the Mediterranean Sea, Calcutta, Hong Kong, 
Sandwich Islands, and Panama. 
Distance 
i between Whole 
places. distance. 
From LIVERPOOL to 
Gibraltar Sessccsscesetl DUD Mescs mls 000) 
me) as 
Gibraltar to Malta............... 
Malta to Alexandria, Egypt 
Alexandria to Bombay, via the Bet Sea... 
Bombay to Madras....... yy 
Madras to Calcutta ...... 
Calcutta to Singapore. ct 
Singapore to Hong Kon 
Hlong Kong to Sandwient Islands. 
Sandwich Islands to Panama... 
Panama to LIVERPOOL............. 
7 
seve 20, 800 
ve 4,350 wee 25, 150 
VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, FROM LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, 
To Melbourne, Australia, via Cape of Good Hope, returning via 
Port Nicholson, New Zealand, and Cape Horn. 
Distance 
between Whole 
places. distance. 
From LIVERPOOL to 
Cape of Good Hope.........ssseseees ove Dasecestoserert Os090F cscs OOO, 
Cape of Good Hope to Melbourne, Australia 5, 650 .... 12,240 
Wet EN, ee ONE ae Deas TAT ES. 
Place to 
Place. 
Melbourne to Port Nicholson........ 200 eee 13,440 
Port Nicholson to Cape Horn... eves 4,150 .... 17,590 
Cape Horn to LIVERPOOL......... - 7,860 .... 15,450 
Place to 
Place. Miles. 
Overland sels Route Continued. 
Franklin Picco 30... 1,391 
Cottonwood soeesre, 22 eve 1,413 
Fort Fillmore 55... 1,468 
IBECACH Ofecoccsnsessasnascteserpress csssepestsesecesacccracesesy tl Sueseph A452 
Cook’s Springs 52 ... 1,534 
Miembres River 18 ... 1,552 
Ojo de Vaca. 16 ... 1,568 
Soldier’s Fire ¥ 14 ... 1,582 
Stetus Peak..... 42... 1,624 
Apache Pass... 35 ... 1,659 
Dragoon Springs.......... 40 ... 1,690 
San Pecho...... Aeeaes ees 23 ... 1,722 
Seneca Springs 
Tucson 
Pointer Mountains 
Pecacho 
Socatoon 
Maricopa Wells .. 
Gila Ranche...... 
Murderer’s Grave... 
Oatman Flat........ 
Flap Jack Ranche 
Griswell’s......... 
Peterman’s.... 
Fillibuster Camp.. 
Swiveler’s... 
Fort Yuma.. 
Pilot Knob.. 
Cook?saWellicsccccscses 
Indian Wells 
Carrisso Creek........ 
Palm Springs.. 
Vallecito... 
San Felipe 
Warner’s Ranc! 
Oak Grove... 
Tejungo 
Temecula ......0.. 
Laguna Grande. 
Temascal........... 
Rancho del Chino 
San Jose 
San Fernando Mission .. 1» 2,343 
Hart’s. ee 2,351 
Kid gS cccccccccesse +. 2,363 
Widow Smith’ s.. Hr eve 2,873 
French Jobhn’s........000.+ wee 2,397 
Reed’s......00 ee 2,411 
Fort Tejon. meee TLL, 
Sink of Tejon. vee 2,434 
Kern River Slough... wee 2,448 
Gordon’s Ferry...... oe 2,460 
Posey Creek ......... eee 2,470 
Mountain House eee 2,485 
Fountain Spring... eve 2,497 
ee 2,511 
wwe 2,525 
ooo 2,537 
ee 2,549 
WV TUIEM OFO'S MOLLY. scsceace soceorsoccecoctececseteancecises Aa od A OOL 
Elk Horn Spring i 
Fresno City.........s00 corn 
Firebaugh’s Ferry.... 
Temple’s Ranch 
Lone Willow 
St. Louis Ranch......s00es. 
Pacheco Pass... 
Gilroy 
17 Mile House. 
San Jose 
Mountain View...... 
Redwood City 
Sun Wig’ 
Clark’ 
SAN FRANCISCO... 
