Name: Is a Ship Canal Practicable?: Notes, Historical and Statistical, Upon the Projected Routes for an Interoceanic Ship Canal Between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, in Which is Included a Short Account of the Character and Influence of the Canal of Suez, and the Probable Effects Upon the Commerce of the World of the Two Canals, Regarded Either as Rivals, or as Parts of One System of Interoceanic Navigation
Author: Abert, S. T. (Silvanus Thayer)

═══════════════════════════════════╤════════════╤═══════════ │ FROM │ FROM │ LIVERPOOL. │ NEW YORK. ───────────────────────────────────┼────────────┼─────────── │ MILES. │ MILES. To Calcutta, via Cape of Good Hope │ 16,000 │ 17,500 Calcutta, via Cape Horn │ 21,500 │ 23,000 Canton, via Cape Horn │ 20,000 │ 21,500 Canton, via Cape of Good Hope │ 18,000 │ 19,500 Valparaiso, via Cape Horn │ 11,400 │ 12,900 Callao, via Cape Horn │ 12,000 │ 13,500 Guayaquil, via Cape Horn │ 12,800 │ 14,300 Panama, via Cape Horn │ 14,500 │ 16,000 San Blas, via Cape Horn │ 16,300 │ 17,800 Mazatlan, via Cape Horn │ 16,500 │ 18,000 San Diego, via Cape Horn │ 17,000 │ 18,500 San Francisco, via Cape Horn │ 17,500 │ 19,000 ───────────────────────────────────┴────────────┴─────────── The following table shows the saving of time from New York by the new route, via the Isthmus of Panama, as compared with the old routes, via Cape Horn and Cape of Good Hope, to the places therein named, estimating the distance which a common trading ship will sail per day to be one hundred and ten miles, and calculating for the voyage out and home: ════════════════════╤════════╤════════╤════════╤════════╤════════ │DISTANCE│LENGTH │DISTANCE│LENGTH │DISTANCE │ VIA │ OF │ VIA │ OF │VIA THE FROM N. Y. TO │CAPE OF │PASSAGE │ CAPE │PASSAGE │ISTHMUS │ GOOD │OUT AND │ HORN. │OUT AND │ OF │ HOPE. │ HOME. │ │ HOME. │PANAMA. ────────────────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼──────── │ MILES │ DAYS │ MILES │ DAYS │ MILES Calcutta │ 17,500 │ 318 │ 23,000 │ 418 │ 13,400 Canton │ 19,500 │ 354 │ 21,500 │ 390 │ 10,600 Shanghai │ 20,000 │ 362 │ 22,000 │ 400 │ 10,400 Valparaiso │ │ │ 12,900 │ 234 │ 4,800 Callao │ │ │ 13,500 │ 244 │ 3,500 Guayaquil │ │ │ 14,300 │ 260 │ 2,800 Panama │ │ │ 16,000 │ 290 │ 2,000 San Blas │ │ │ 17,800 │ 322 │ 3,800 Mazatlan │ │ │ 18,000 │ 326 │ 4,000 San Diego │ │ │ 18,500 │ 336 │ 4,500 San Francisco │ │ │ 19,000 │ 344 │ 5,000 Wellington, N. Z. │ 13,740 │ │ 11,100 │ │ 8,480 Melbourne, Australia│ 13,230 │ │ 12,720 │ │ 9,890 ────────────────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼───────

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