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Table of Distances continued. 
No. 
VOYAGE. 
Distance 
Nau. miles. 
Distance j 
via the 
Isthmus. 
Difference 
saved. 
12 
Lizard to Canton, touching at Madeira, 
crossing the Line in Long. 26 W. going to 
Lat. 41 S. and Eastward to Long, of St. 
Paul’s, and thence by the Straits of Sunda 
14,750 
13,980 
770 
13 
Lizard to Canton, touching at Madeira and 
Rio Janeiro - -- -- -- -- 
15,830 
13,980 
1850 
14 
Lizard to Manila (same route as No. 12 to 
the Straits of Sunda) ------ 
14,210 
13,630 
580 
15 
Lizard to Manila, touching at Rio Janeiro - 
15,290 
.13,630 
1660 
16 
New York to Bocabarra, round Cape Horn 
crossing the Line in Long. 26 W., Rio 
Janeiro, Valparaiso, Callao, and Boca- 
barra - -- -- -- -- -- 
12,390 
3330 
9060 
17 
New York to Canton, by the Atlantic and 
Indian Oceans, crossing the Line in 
Long. 26 W., and the same course as in 
No. 12 - -. - . _ 
15,540 
11,950 
3590 
18 
iNew Orleans to Bocabarra, round Cape 
Horn, to St. Thomas, Rio Janeiro, Valpa¬ 
raiso, Callao, and Bocabarra - - - - 
1 
12,510 
900 
11,610 
19 
New Orleans to Columbia River, round Cape 
Horn - -- -- -- -- -- 
14,830 
3220 
11,610 
20 
New Orleans to the Columbia River — inland 
journey — up the Mississippi, up the Mis¬ 
souri and across the Rocky mountains 
Note. — This has a land journey of 900 miles full 
of difficulties. 
3400 
3220 
180 
21 
Jamaica to the Columbia River via the Isth- 
mus of Tehuantepec- ------ 
In favour of New Orleans the difference 
of----------- 
3530 
310 
22 
New York to the Columbia River via the 
Isthmus of Tehuantepec - 
Jamaica to the same ------- 
5650 
3530 
In favour of Jamaica the difference of 
1 
2120 
Consequently in favour of the British Establishments in the West Indies ; 
and also for a British settlement in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec for the whole 
trade of the China seas, the West Coasts of both the Americas, and over the 
great Pacific Ocean. 
