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
Amsterdam Isle 37 deg. 52' 0" -- 77 deg. 52' --
St. Paul's, ditto 34 deg. 42' -- 77 deg. 52' --
Great Nicobar Isle 6 deg. 45' -- 94 deg. 0' --
Singapore 1 deg. 12' N. 103 deg. 30' --
Batavia 6 deg. 0' S. 106 deg. 51' 45" --
Canton 23 deg. 7' 10" N. 113 deg. 14' --
Swan River 32 deg. 4' 31" S. 115 deg. 6' 43" --
Hobart Town 42 deg. 53' 35" -- 147 deg. 28' --
Sydney 33 deg. 50' 40" -- 151 deg. 14' --
Madeira, Funchall 32 deg. 47' 42" N. 16 deg. 55' 30" W.
Cape de Verde, Port Praya 14 deg. 53' 40" -- 23 deg. 34' --
Ascension Isle 7 deg. 55' 56" S. 14 deg. 23' 50" --
St. Helena Isle 15 deg. 54' 48" -- 5 deg. 45' 20" --
Cape of Good Hope 34 deg. 22' -- 18 deg. 24' 24" E.
Rio de Janeiro 22 deg. 54' 15" -- 43 deg. 15' 50" W.
Pernambuco 8 deg. 4' -- 34 deg. 51' --
_Distances and Bearings of Places._
Geo. Miles.
Falmouth to Gibraltar S. 4 deg. W. 820
Ditto to Madeira S. 27 deg. W. 1170
Madeira to Cape Verde S. 19 deg. W. 1130
Gibraltar to Malta, direct S. 1 deg. E. 770
Malta to Zante N. 69 deg. E. 320
Zante to Athens, round Cape 260
Athens to Constantinople N. 51 deg. E. 310
Malta to Alexandria S. 70 deg. E. 825
Suez to Babelmandel 1205
Babelmandel to Bombay 1630
Cape Verde to Ascension S. 22 deg. W. 1530
Ascension to St. Helena S. 47 deg. E. 655
St. Helena to Cape of Good Hope S. 50 deg. E. 1720
Rio de Janeiro to ditto ditto S. 78 deg. E. 3250
Cape of Good Hope to Mauritius N. 38 deg. E. 2280
Mauritius to Swan River S. 77 deg. E. 3150
Mauritius to Colombo, Ceylon N. 38 deg. E. 2100 (p. 127)
Ditto to Point de Galle N. 49 deg. E. 2080
Point de Galle to Bombay N. 29 deg. W. 880
Madras to Calcutta N. 39 deg. E. 735
Trincomalee to Car Nicobar S. 82 deg. E. 775
Nicobar to Singapore S. 60 deg. E. 665
Singapore to Batavia S. 25 deg. E. 475
Singapore to Canton N. 24 deg. E. 1440
Batavia to Canton N.
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