| | Therefore the excess of route via Honolulu over | | route via San Francisco is | .... | 367 ----------------------------------------------------+--------+------- The conditions as to the distances in Trans-Pacific Navigation apply approximately to all United States Pacific Coast Ports. TABLE OF DISTANCES IN NAUTICAL MILES BETWEEN PORTS OF THE WORLD, and Distances Saved by the Nicaragua Canal, Compiled from data furnished by the United States Hydrographic Office. ======================================================================== BETWEEN | | | | | | |Around | Via | | |Advantage|Advantage | Cape |Magellan| Via |Via | over | over | Horn |for full|Cape of|Nica- | Sailing | Steam | for |powered | Good |ragua | Route | Route |Sailing | Steam | Hope. |Canal. | via | via |Vessels.|Vessels.| | | Cape. | Magellan | | | | | | Straits. ------------------+--------+--------+-------+-------+---------+--------- New York and | | | | | | San Francisco | 15660 | 13174 | ..... | 4907 | 10753 | 8267 Puget Sound | ..... | 13935 | ..... | 5665 | ..... | 8270 Hong Kong | ..... | ..... | 13750 | 10692 | 3058 | ..... Yokohama | ..... | ..... | 15217 | 9227 | 5990 | ..... Melbourne | 13760 | 12860 | 12830 | 9862 | 3898 | 2998 Auckland, N. Z. | 12600 | 11599 | 14069 | 8462 | 4138 | 3137 Honolulu, H. I. | 15480 | 13290 | ..... | 6417 | 7063 | 6873 Callao | ..... | 9640 | ..... | 3744 | ..... | 5896 Valparaiso | 9420 | 8440 | ..... | 5014 | 4406 | 3426 | | | | | | New Orleans and | | | | | | San Francisco | 16000 | 13539 | ..... | 4147 | 11853 | 9392 Callao | ..... | 10005 | ..... | 2984 | ..... | 7021 Valparaiso | ..... | 8805 | ..... | 4254 | ..... | 4551 | | | | | | Liverpool and | | | | | | San Francisco | 15620 | 13494 | ..... | 7627 | 7993 | 5867 Auckland, N. Z. | 12130 | 11919 | 13357 | 11182 | 948 | 737 Callao | ..... | 9960 | ..... | 6464 | ..... | 3496 Valparaiso | 9380 | 8760 | ..... | 7734 | 1646 | 1026 Honolulu | ..... | 13610 | ..... | 9137 | ..... | 4473 Yokohama | ..... | ..... | 14505 | 11947 | ..... | 2558 ------------------+--------+--------+-------+-------+---------+---------