TABLE OF DISTANCES 
To the principal Ports in the Pacific and Indian Oceans , compared 
with the Voyages to the same places via the Isthmus 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 Bocaharra - - - 
5210 
150 
5360 
2 
Lzard to Bocaharra, round Cape Horn, 
touching at Madeira, Rio Janeiro, Yal- 
paraiso and Callao ------- 
11,820 
5360 
6460 
3 
Lizard to the Columbia River, by Cape Horn 
to Bocaharra No. 2. -. 
Bocaharra 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- 
raiso - -- -- -- -- -- 
12,830 
9170 
3660 
b 
Lizard to Wellington, New Zealand, round 
, Cape Horn, touching at Valparaiso and 
Tahiti - -- -- -- -- -- 
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- 
ward - -- -- -- -- -- 
15,820 
11,500 
4320 
8 
Lizard to Wellington, touching at Madeira 
only, and crossing the equinoxial line in 
Long. 26 W.. 
14,740 | 
11,500 j 
3240 
9 
Lizard to Sandwich Islands, via the Isthmus 
to Bocaharra, No. 1. ----- - 
Bocaharra to Sandwich Islands - - - 
5360 1 
3500 | 
j 
8860 j 
10 
Lizard to Sandwich Islands, via Cape Horn,! 
touching at Valparaiso ------ 
14,300 | 
8860 j 
5440 
11 
Lizard to Canton, via the Isthmus to Sand-j 
wich Islands, No. 9- 
Sandwich Islands to Canton - - - - 
8860 j 
5120 i 
13,980 
1 
