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DISTANCES FROM NEW YORK TO THE PRINCIPAL FOREIGN 
AND DOMESTIC SEAPORTS OF THE WORLD, IN GEOGRAPHI- 
CAL MILES, SIXTY TOA E 
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. 
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From NEW YORK to " 
A.exandria, Eg = 5,075 
‘Archangel, Russ -- 4.320 
pica via amu 
=o * - 
oo i 
] eran via Chesapeake Bay......000.....sesscssseseeaes: ies 
pane ; Via Cape Cod 390 
eme - 8,67. 
ee England 3,010 
uenos Ayres 6,120 
alcutta, 1 via Cape of Good Hope 17,500 
alcutta, via Cape Horn - 33 
alcutta, via Isthmus of Panama. 18,400 
all of Lima), bs sth — 13,500 
allao, ‘ & RUAN Rass sic centpcovemiracane w= 3.500 
anton, China, bis Cups of Geoa, ates 19,500 
a Ca orn.. cittageesuerenceresl ae 
Sy “ ‘eh thm i of Panama 10,600 
ape of ope. 6,838 
‘ape Hor £ a 
hagres 2,328 
Rexpestan, 5 mesa Carolina 638 
therbourg. 3,125 
patzacoaitor ns lver Tehurantepec..cccrsccccscccene s eatgese 2,045 
6,1 
2,825 
rats igh" ea ve m Cape Horn 14300 
uayaquil, ma 2.800 
j a Nova Beotias.susccscssssasusecctticce! cebctuenvatscsass 555 
1,280 
to Chagres, 1,048 miles.) 
sios 0148 
Hone! icons, via Isthmus and Sandwich Islands ....... 6.488 
Kingston, Jamaica...... 1,635 
Liv mt by Mercator’s 3,084 
Liverpool, by Mercator oan pone CUPS accvcenccieassees 7S 08 
London, Balan d os csissccetesevcecavavesonirenescvccen acces eo 8.225 
Manilla, gt Lange ee Be the Isthmus.......... 10,750 
Mazatlan, 18.000 
po meer lan, via Pea 4, 
Melbourne, nae bi Cape H 13. 
Melbourne, oo eof Good ‘Hope... “ 
urne, « ll 
Mobile, Alabama......... Lis 
Monrovia, Liberia 850 
Nangaraki, Japan.......ccsscosess asi esecscsscesse 0,800 
ew O lea ns 1,75 
Nortolk. 
Panama. via fig ind of Panama 2,3 
Panama, via Cape Horn 16,900 
Pensa la, Florida 1,7 
Pernambuco, Bll Scascsonesvicese ccacessonee 4,780 
Philadelphia ‘ 
Rio Janeiro, Brazil 5.920 
St. John Brunswick 800 
ew 
t. cana urg, Russia 4,420 
San Blas, Mexico, via Cape Horm ............:seesseeesseeee 17,800 
TABLE OF DISTANCES. 
ROUTES TO AND FROM FOREIGN PORTS AND CITIES. 
Continued. 
San wien M via the Isthmus .......-..ccceree 
Sin las, — us 
Santer Is 
mus of Tehuan 
San Francisco, 
fan Fra’ 
fan . == 0 
Savannah, G hiadtibiebcwcecrcesugsdeounsieen 716 
nibarey China, ‘via Isthmus of Panama........ 
Sane « ia Cape of Good Hope. 
Shanghae, “ via Cape Horm....cccccssesoe 
Southampton, England, via Mercator sailing... 
Southampton, via Mercator and Great 
Tahiti, via Panama 865 
Teneriffe, Canary Islands 2,940 
TIONED, A RSUEID siesiicis tectncosines ance -aveeiieicnicsieastelle PRLSD 
Valparaiso, via Isthmus of Panama...... Socom eserereveam . 4,800 
as , Via Cape Horn 12,900 
Vera Cruz 2,200 
wens FROM SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA, TO MANY OF 
THE MOST PROMINENT SEAPORTS IN THE WORLD. 
Acapulco, Mexico.......... 2,000 
uckland, New Zealand, via Sandwich Islands......~ 5,900 
Calcutta, via Sandwich Islands 9,595 
Canton, via Sandwich Isla 7,583 
Live l gland, via sere 8,200 
i Cape Horn.......,.... *. 17,350 
etnee eoeseesecoiesioe | Ty. oe 
York, via Panama.........0 uae 
New York, via Nicaragua route 4,980 
New York, via abe opened Railroad across the Isthmus 
of Tehuante 
ae York, via p coni and Vera Cruz ..........000 see 4,470 
ew York, via ee * Pacific Railroad........ss00+ a» 8,000 
New ae via Cape H 18,850 
Panam: 3,500 
San Diego, Cali fornia 600 
andwich Isiai 2,083 
Shanghae, Chins, via Sandwich Islands.........+.0000 +. 6,561 
oe ho ee Circle or bela wceeee 6,200 
ngapore. East Indies, via Sandwich Islands.... 7,915 
Sydher, Australia. 6,583 
Tahist Becta Islands, via Sandwich Islands........... — 44s 
cee FROM NEW ORLEANS, 
From — OR 
Boston 2,000 
hsarnene (port. of Kansa), via Panama 8,100 
a ton 
ps avana Cat _ Pe 
750 
Melbourne Australia, via Pamaina.......ccvversseserese eee 10.188 
New 1,785 
From BOSTON to Mites. | Route Contin 
Albany 200 henna Ala 
Augusta, Me 105 tgomery, Ala. 1.148 
Da RON ac knie cs cast ackccsearesaussacaeeecinncclng Pmeaee 420 New Orleans 1,511 
Buffalo ....... 493 New York 
Charleston. 8.C . 1.018 Niagara Falls 
Chicago, via Canada | ( ahortest DOWIE) icivevccomowmeiere. Ageia Pittsburg. 353 
sicago, via Cleveland 5 Hrd i Pa Bh 
seal ehmond, V8. ss. cis<ccccspees 
Ses abating 853 Roc hester, Ms Y. via Oattawissa and Cunada wi... 373 
ean CS titi kt Gent enh 322 Rock Is land: vie Chicago 1,028 
New cad La. Southern route) 1,823 Savannah, Ga 
9 via Hartford 236, St. Lo fs, via Cleveland and Chicago.........+. 9] 
Philadelphia 32 St. Louis, via Pittsburg and Indianapolis,........s+++++++ : 1.022 
Portland, Me. 105 St Louis, via ia Pittsburg and Cine cna imsaannetereesteoace LOO 
Quebec. Canad Toronto, Canada, via Cattawissa and Niagara ...... 497 
Richmond, Va. 591 Ww sue e D.C. 137 
&: nah, Ga. «- — 
St. Louis, ’ 
St. Louis, ¥ via Cleveland — Sa RT aoeniceweaeeee 1,205 | From BALTIMORE to 
Washington, D. ©.......sssccccvessescesonssnssecescnesen wosves 460 PUM aNNN HE. oe scSecaceorers cee 
Chicago, IIL, s'est and Cleve ie tio mm po 
— ~_ via ing, an: n seeneos 
een eye a Cine via Wheeling, and the Ohio 2 eemoee matsvecsess «| 208 
Baltimore, Md Cleveland 0, via Baltimore and Ohio R.R. .. 523 
Boston, Clevelan ooo ania R.R.. 
Buffalo, m4 Hornell pseneseesaccapadedscscesetie ser oo mberla sland _* sieteaa seme sai one 
Buffalo, via Alba i a I 
ees sa fFal peace hice: Tenn 524 
Chicago, via Al ban, y; y, Bu ffalo, and Clevel sestbsececeon ygsca ih ! 
Chicago, vin Buffalo and Canada.......ssssccsrsesseressees 1 New on 
Chi , Via Erie RR, and Cleveland ......s.ssseesssssesee Philereiphia 
Gineten’ ti vi Alb np 1 Buffalo a sts snene sat setacaltien Pit Eiaabort ve Pennsylvania R.R..-sscsseseeeseseserserrem 380 
Cincinnati, and Dun aleig’ 
Cincinnati, hie Philadelphia and cay Savtcewsi cous Bek Island, TIL, via Chicago ...ccccvce.sssseves -corecesesonssese 
Cleveland, via Albany and N, ¥. tral R. me 
Cleveland, via Eri eR 
Gersie nd, v via Philadelphia and Penna. R.Rovescccmveesee 
Dunkirk 
Indianapolis, via Albany, Buffalo, and Cleveland... 
Indianapolis, via Erie K.R. and Cleveland .......... cioeee 
ianapolis, via Philadelphia — it spree wie 
Louisville, Ky., via Dunkirk......cc0scccecees cesses gent 
Louisville, Ky., via Philadelphia... mastds hareirens sdetadaninba Seg ia 
ashes kie, Wis., via Dunkirk and Chicago .cccsceccereee 1 
Mobile, Ala 1,432 
Montreal, Canada .sscceiss tcvesssid acsoossnsscesseree jinseattion Oe 
ew eans 1,598 
sain ia Fells, us sais R.R., and Buffalo, Corning and as 
Reps Ping via me Y. Central R.R. .....cc00--seeserseeeee a7 
Philadelphia 87 
Ocebec: Catinda 583, 
Richmond, Va....... ..+ 35a 
Rock 1 Island, Tit is via Dunkirk on Chicago......ssseeree 1,139 
St. Louis, via Dunkirk and Chicago.......+++.++- soba UY 
24 
St. pad via Philada., Pitsburg sad Tndianapotis... wes ah 
Washington, D. C.......ccercsecesoes 
From PHILADELPHIA to 
Baltimore. ord 97 
Boston, Ma - 323 
Bu uffalo, ny Bimire ae OER 
Charleston. 8. C. esses Hine 
Chicago. va Cleveland... ne eeeeee , 
Chicago, via Cattawissa ‘and Canad... sscsose vos 4 
Cincinnati via Pittsburg and Crestline... sane sncverdeeeee id 
incinnati, via # rersennic and Steubenvill penineet | Be 
Cleveland, via Pittsburg.........-+--++ fneadsntiennincedosealines: ee 
Detroi vat Mich., via Cattawissa and Canada.......0+--ss00 " - 
Bimtta, NY. © 2ic Sn2 seveees 
Galenn: lll. via Pittsburg aud bet 
| et ae = = apne - - 351 
ndiana lis, a, via 
dicannetin I ia Steubenville and Columbus....... ios 
Louisville, Ky its! da I ossene 
Tepe seeeseesersesesesees 
St rashes vin = Wis a and Ohio i —— Rivers, 1a 
eling Ohi a0 
Willkerenort PRO Sas scsenccscoeseeseneses coccserccnsecccscese 160 
From ' VASHINGTON to 
altin Fon 
dibs 
lo. New York 442 
secrertioagt ©. ba 
hicago, Nhe 
incinnati, ana bd 
ras ogra ied aie 
etroit, Michiza 684 
ap ae iD eXas 1,800 
alifax, Nova Scotia 1.113 
emphis, Tennessee 1.476 
fexico, City of, via New Orleans......sesoseseserseeseesereee 2y4U0 
ontreal. Canada 627 
ew Orleans, Louisiana ......ssesessereeesesere voeves sovaee ans one 1,365 
ew York 224 
realy 137 
Canada...... v72 
alt Lake City... po 
an Francisco, California (overland)....ysssesscesnenrserere pees 
anta Fe, Hew. ti 
t. Louis, M 
it. stab Minnesota coecsanvenesnserconeses secsssccenseseensesqece by 
TELEGRAPH STATIONS ON THE LIAE OF THE OVER- 
LAND MAIL BO 
Fort Kearney, Cottonwood Springs, Alkali, 
ebe 
Fort Churchill, Carson City and Placerville 
MILES. 
— via the Isthmus. 1,600 
1,745 
Serre ga Islands, via Ponsa 
Francisco, via Panam 5,100 
San temenge | +a Le Sonn and Acapuloo............ 3,185 
ba saci = 
815 
DISTANCES FROM BOSTON, (See distances from New Fork.) 
From BOSTON to 
Halifax, at Scotia 387 
New Orlean: 2,000 
New York, 4 ‘Cape 
vr 
ema via Mercator’s cr oa Lantos 
uthampton, via Mercator and Great Circle... coco.scc tee 
From HALIFAX 
Galway, Irela ae stn 2,130 
Galway ha — rd land) 135 
Da blin 63 
263 
Total, 2,591 
Land Route. 
From ga nig to 
St. John, New Bru - aig 266 
St. John to ‘Waterr e, Maine. 200 
Waterville to Ft Maine 82 
eben to Boston, nee 106 
Boston to NEW YORE 236 
Total, 889 
Notr.—The shortest route between Liverpool a _ a merica is 
the Great Circle, or Curve, from Qa the e southern 
ape = by meaty to Cape Race, in Newfoundtandy amy pate down 
to the payer ——— Th tance between the par 
Capes = hich j e to all the American ports, an 
easured code tthe og a pe oy ‘s found to be, in round mea a 
39 de degrees, or 1980 geographical miles. 
ae eee FROM PHILADELPHIA, (See Distances from N. York.) 
From P 
etts 350 
Charleston, ree ‘One lin 700 
verpool. via Mercator’s eailin WEE 5 -sisenseusen seem 8,144 
3 Hoe vie Mercator and Great Circle................ » 8,083 
ew Orlean 174 
New Yor 250 
San Francisco, via Panama 5,200 
DISTANCES FROM LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, TO THE MOST 
ochapinges SEA-PORTS OF THE WORLD, 
From LIVER 
tor and Great pontics Be 
 ecmans 8 sailing... 
Boston, as Mercator and Great Cirel 
sreveeeee 3,375 
Calcutta, via Cape of Good Hope 16,000 
mer r via Cape Horn 21,500 
Calcutta, via Panams................0000 wee 15,750 
Callao (port of Lima ), = Cape TRPM ceacinsosvcsctsiis nee 
Canton, via Cape Hi 20,000 
Canton, via Cape of Good conecoraniinh oseesell 8,000 
er sehins va Gece ee 
uayag r, dovveneourebonenecsnien | Wiky 
Sraetin, Moxie via ANS, 16°00 
— can’ Mexico, pe MEET 96 8 ssosece 16,500 
rom via Panama...... mecsseccesce 6,850 
Orleans. ounenaeiabenrenpsbaned 4,750 
New owt Mercator’s sailing 3,084 
York, - Mercator and Great Circle... 3,023 
Rely Virginia jae 3,264 
pf, een 14,500 
“4 fe of Panama 4,350 
Philadelphia, via Great Circle ... 
Philadelphia, ercator’s sailing 3,144 
Blas, Me via Cape Horn 16,300 
San Blas, “ 6,150 
San Diego, California, = Cape HORM sisccscoccoscecovecesss 17,000 
San Diego, ama. 6.850 
San Francisco, > Gave It 17,350 
San achen 8,200 
hanghae, China, vis cy of Good Hope............ss0« 18,500 
Shanghae, oo Horn 20,500 
Shanghae, 12,750 
Valparaiso, cit, vie jae mam 11,400 
Valparaiso, via Panam: 7,150 
And return, or a Vi 
TRACK FROM LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, 
oyage round the World. without crossing the 
Equator via the Gianereninat Sea, Calcutta, Hong Kong, 
Sandwich Islands, and Panana. 
Dista 
eta Whole 
Places. distance 
From Meroe a to 
Gibral 1,500 .... 1,500 
Gibral 960 .... 2,460 
Multa to to Alesamdria byes a oe «840... 
, Via the Red Sea... one a ww. 6.040 
Bombay adras, 
Madras CURA «.... 00000 Wececensocnesecsoscos ese 
Calcutta to Singapore 
Singapore to Hong Kong 
fonu g to Sa +h Tal 
Kon: ndw 
Sanidwich Aa to Panama 
Pana ‘L. 
to LIVERPOO 
ee eer 
VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, FROM LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, 
To Melbourne, Australia, via Cape of Good Hope, retu: 
Port Nicholson, New Zealand, and Cape Horn. 
Distance 
between Whole 
places. distance. 
From LIVERPOOL t ; 
Mo — of Good 6,590 .... 6,590 
of Good Hone to eronene, Australia, 5,650 .... 12.246 
eer to Port Nicholson 2 7200 .... 13.440 
Port os to Cupe Liorn...,..... 2000 saviors 4,150 .... 17,59) 
Cape to LIVERPOOL............er00 we 7,860 .... 26,471 
TABLE OF DISTANCES BETWEEN OMAHA AND SAN FRANCISCO, 
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. 
PLACE TO OTAL 
Omaha to PLACE. DISTANCE, 
Papillion 12 asevee 12 
Elkhorn 17 eoveee 29 
Dimond’s 35 
Fremont. oveces 47 
orth Bend u4 canes 61 
Shell Creek......--scosessseereesenvensoesvseee caves, BD se seee 7 
‘umbus. 15 Perry 91 
Jackson 9 aeneee 100 
Silver Creek DS,  putcaon 109 
il seteue 120 
IS cceene 132 
ap! n’s. 10 teeces 142 
Grand Island 1S * ee 154 
Wood River 18 aecece 172 
earney 18 eeeee 190 
Elm Creek meer 211 
um C BD... edavee 230 
Willow Island : . 250 
B 18 oannes 268 
McPherson . Perey 280 
North Platte 10 sees 290 
O'Fallon 16 ereeee 306 
Alkali 5 mene $22 
Ogallala 19 eee 341 
Big Spring. 20 poe 361 
Julesburg 16 oeees 317 
L odge Pol 19 396 
Sidney aséece 414 
Pp Bt ise 432 
A ntelope 19 oe 451 
Pine Bluff. > - er 473 
ill’s Dale er 506 
Cheyenne . .ism 5-6 
Hazar aren 53 
ranite Canon ecnese 545 
Sherman 1 posers 553 
Red Butte TB > 3 tessd . 7 
Fort Saun T eveese 78 
tramie. 580 
Little Larami 12 saeese 592 
fedicine B 57 eotsee 649 
Nérth Fork Platte.......cccscvsscrcccotasesceseres 36 seeeee 685 
Bridger’s P i 720 
La Clede. 61 esece 781 
Point of Rocks. 40 isance 821 
Green River 45 ale 866 
South Bend i 32 eecece 898 
Fort Bridger. 33 eens 931 
Bear River. 32 emacni 963 
Echo Canon 20 sbiee 983 
eber 20 we 1003 
Kimball’s. a ee if 
Salt Lake 23 “ 1055 
PLACE TO TOTAL 
PLACE, DISTANCE 
Nevada State Line. 65 eee = 1120 
umboldt Wells. 1b oveens 1135 
Bishop’s Cre Bs. own BM 
North Fork 2 evceee 1178 
b Fork 9 eee 1187 
o-Mile Canon 22 1219 
Twelve-Mile Canon .........scccsssererssorees . 6 1224 
velly Ford i eee SB 
a-we Gate. 8 secces 1236 
Shoshono Point. 13 ‘einen. 1249 
Skull Ranch 10 os 1259 
iv SS see |) 2288 
Tron Point. 19 esonse 1311 
g nd Humboldt 37 were 1348 
Mile Ci 35 on 1383 
ea 30 ooseen 1413 
FR amiDOIGE TAK 6 ..serscsevsvenyeyccteseitiacs i ee ee | | 
Big Bend Truckee...cs.sscssseeseees Wiens’ cn ee 
lendale 8 eaenge 1491 
Hunter’s. 9 seeee 1500 
gle Gap 1314 snoeee 15134 
Little Truckee. 1522 
Truckee River. 14 treeee 1536, 
Crest TB) a:preque tc: SO 
So 
E BAG CHNID + ciancusoupuonscteskaaatenssveceone 67) ae 
Blue Canon 5 teeaee f 
Shady Run 4 wiz 
Alta. pea 
Dutch Flat Se TE 
Gold Run 10 artane 158T 
Colfax It wine 1598 
Clipper Gap 7 Annee 1605 
Auburn 5 pone 1610 
Newcastl 6 anene 1616 
Pino 3 we | 1 
Qocklin 4 aasaas 1623 
Junction 3 ensase 1626 
kc 8 1634 
ws T tka 
Sacramento. 18 eves 1659. 
Consteminies Biter. cciecirecscqeicnemencessees BA, a Aeron SR 
Woodbridge ee 
Stockto: 10 ine 1696. 
n Joaquin River E 
Live 
Ke ing 
Vallejo’s Milt 
Ilay 8 
San Leandro. 
Oakland 
Goat Island. 
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