Life of Rear Admiral John Randolph TuckerRochelle, James Henry
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Life of Rear Admiral John Randolph Tucker
Rochelle, James Henry
Amazon River -- Navigation; Tucker, John Randolph, 1812-1883; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations
Latitude, 4 deg. 31' 37" south; longitude, 77 deg. 29' 43" west of
Greenwich; thermometer, 76 deg.; elevation above sea-level, 516 feet;
distance from the Atlantic, 2660 miles; current, 3-3/4 miles per hour.
At Borja the navigation of the Upper Amazon ends; the river in its
whole course from Laracocha to Borja, a distance of 500 miles, is a
mountain torrent, impracticable for navigation even by canoes. The
length of the Amazon, from its source at Laracocha to the Atlantic
ocean, is 3160 miles, but the distance from the Atlantic to the source
of the Ucayali is still greater. It usually takes a steamer 69
steaming hours to ascend the river from Iquitos to Borja, and 35
steaming hours to descend from Borja to Iquitos.
DISTANCES.
In the following list of distances between places on the Amazon, from
its mouth to its source in Lake Laracocha, the distances for the Lower
Amazon are taken from the best Brazilian authorities that could be
consulted; the distances for the Upper Amazon, from the Brazilian
frontier to the head of steamer navigation at Borja, were measured by
the Peruvian Hydrographical Commission of the Amazon; and the
distance from Borja, the head of navigation, to the source of the
river in Lake Laracocha, is given as estimated by the best Peruvian
authorities.
LIST OF DISTANCES ON THE AMAZON.
Lower
Amazon.
Miles.
Atlantic ocean to Para 75
Para to Breves 146
Breves to Garupa 123
Garupa to Porto de Moz 48
Porto de Moz to Prainha 96
Prainha to Monte Alegre 44
Monte Alegre to Santarem 60
Santarem to Obidos 68
Obidos to Villa Bella 95
Villa Bella to Serpa 137
Serpa to Manaos 110
From the Atlantic to Manaos, 1002 miles.
Manaos to Cudajos 155
Cudajos to Coary 84
Coary to Tefe (Ega) 107
Tefe (Ega) to Fonte Boa 133
Fonte Boa to Tonantius 140
Tonantius to San Paulo 95
San Paulo, mouth of the Yavari river 90
The mouth of the Yavari marks the boundary line
between Peru and Brazil on the south side of the
Amazon.
Mouth of the Yavari to Tabatinga 14
Brazilian frontier port on the north side of the
Amazon. From the Atlantic to Tabatinga,
1825 miles.
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