12G 
TABLE OF DISTANCES 
Tu tlip principal Ports in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, compared 
7vith the Voyages to the same places via the IstJnnus of Tehuantepec. 
No. 
VOYAGE. 
Distance 
Nau. miles 
Distance 
via the 
Isthmus. 
Difference 
saved. 
1 
Lizard to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec 
touching at St. Thomas, Jamaica, round 
Yucatan to the Coatzacoalcos - - - - 
Across the Isthmus to Bocabarra - - - 
5210 
150 
5360 
2 
Lizard to Bocabarra, round Cape Horn, 
touching at Madeira, Rio Janeiro, Val- 
paraiso and Callao ------- 
11,820 
5360 
6460 
3 
Lizard to the Columbia River, by Cape Horn 
to Bocabarra No. 2. ------- 
Bocabarra to Columbia River - - - - 
11,820 
2320 
14,140 
7680 
6460 
4 
Lizard to Tahiti, round Cape Horn, touch- 
ing at Madeira, Rio Janeiro and Valpa- 
12,830 
9170 
3660 
b 
Lizard to Wellington, New Zealand, round 
Cape Horn, touching at Valparaiso and 
15,160 
11,500 
3660 
6 
Lizard to Wellington, round Cape Horn, 
direct from Valparaiso ------ 
13,990 
11,500 
2490 
7 
Lizard to Wellington, by the Atlantic and 
Indian Oceans, touching at Madeira, Rio 
Janeiro, to Lat. 41 S., and thence east- 
15,820 
11,500 
4320 
8 
Lizard to Wellington, touching at Madeira 
only, and crossing the equinoxial line in 
1 4 7-10 
11,500 
3240 
9 
Lizard to Sandwich Islands, via the Isthmus 
to Boc.ibarra, No. 1 .---.. . 
Bocabarra to Sandwich Islands - - . 
53t)0 
3500 
8860 
10 
Lizard to Sandwich Islands, via Cape Horn, 
touching at Valparaiso ------ 
14,300 8860 5440 
11 
Lizard to Canton, via the Isthmus to Sand- 
wich Islands, No. f) ------- 
Sandwich Islands to Canton - - - - 
8860 
5120 
1 3,980 
1 
