A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the WorldMacQueen, James
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A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World
MacQueen, James
Mail steamers -- Great Britain; Postal service -- Great Britain -- Colonies
Leon to Rialejo N. 66 deg. W. 21
Madeira to Rio de Janeiro S. 24 deg. W. 3700
Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Ayres S. 47 deg. W. 1060
St. Thomas, to Cape Nichola Mole N. 80 deg. W. 470
Ditto to Crooked Island Castle N. 67 deg. W. 580
Ditto Turk's Island N. 62 deg. W. 380
Turk's Island to Jamaica, direct S. 58 deg. W. 380
Ditto Havannah N. 80 deg. W. 630
Ditto Jamaica, by St. Jago de Cuba 820
Crooked Island to Cape Nichola S. 19 deg. W. 146
Ditto Jamaica S. 29 deg. W. 285
Ditto Havannah N. 82 deg. W. 445
Barbadoes to 40 miles E. of Alto Vela N. 68 deg. W. 700
Forty miles E. of Alto Vela to
Jamaica, direct N. 85 deg. W. 330
Add by calling at Jacmel 50
Jamaica to Santa Martha S. 20 deg. E. 425
Santa Martha to Carthagena 90
Carthagena to Chagre 290
Montego Bay, Jamaica, to Trinidad de Cuba N. 40-1/2 deg. W. 172
Trinidad de Cuba to Honduras S. 61 deg. W. 520
Kingston, Jamaica, to Cape Antonio N. 63 deg. W. 520
Cape Antonio to Havannah N. 63 deg. E. 164
Falmouth to St. John's, Newfoundland S. 86-1/2 deg. W. 2040
St John's, Newfoundland, to Halifax S. 73 deg. W. 605
Falmouth to Halifax S. 82-1/2 deg. W. 2550
Fayal to Halifax N. 77 deg. W. 1640
Halifax to St. John's, New Brunswick N. 71 deg. W. 111
St. John's, New Brunswick, to Quebec N. 66 deg. W. 230
Quebec to Montreal S. 58 deg. W. 116
New York to Quebec, direct N. 19 deg. E. 390
Ditto Montreal, direct N. 4 deg. E. 305
_Comparative Distances of Places._ (p. 112)
Geo. Miles.
Falmouth to Terceira 1180
Terceira to Barbadoes 2340
---- 3520
Falmouth to Madeira 1170
Madeira to Barbadoes 2600
---- 3770
Falmouth to Teneriffe, by Madeira 1410
Teneriffe to Barbadoes 2570
---- 3980
Falmouth to Madeira, by Lisbon 1260
Madeira to Barbadoes 2600
---- 3860
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