Panama Route
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This section is from the book "Scientific American Reference Book. A Manual for the Office, Household and Shop", by Albert A. Hopkins, A. Russell Bond. Also available from Amazon: Scientific American Reference Book.
Panama Route
The following table shows the distances by the proposed Panama route from some of the principal seaports of North and South America, Europe and Africa, to San Francisco and Valparaiso. (Nautical miles.)
From | Panama Route, San Francisco. | Panama Route, Valparaiso. |
Halifax............ | 5,604 | 5,210 |
Portland | 5,471 | 4,781 |
Boston | 5,425 | 4,735 |
5,278 | 4,584 | |
Philadelphia | 5,267 | 4,573 |
Baltimore | 5,320 | 4,626 |
Charleston | 4,915 | 4,221 |
Savannah.......... | 4,920 | 4,226 |
Key West.......... | 4,428 | 3,744 |
Pensacola.......... | 4,696 | 4,002 |
Mobile | 4,723 | 4,029 |
New Orleans. . . . | 4,732 | 4,038 |
Galveston | 4,833 | 4,139 |
Havana | 4,365 | 3,671 |
San Juan (P. R.). . .. | 4,335 | 3,641 |
8,732 | 8,038 | |
Montevideo | 8,632 | 8,038 |
Rio Janeiro | 7,642 | 6,948 |
St. Petersburg...... | 9,238 | 8,544 |
Stockholm | 8,940 | 8,246 |
Copenhagen | 8,503 | 7,809 |
From | Panama Route. San Francisco. | Panama Route. Valparaiso. |
Hamburg | 8,423 | 7,729 |
Bremen | 8,419 | 7,725 |
Amsterdam | 8,202 | 7,508 |
Antwerp | 8,172 | 7,478 |
Havre | 7,959 | 7,265 |
Marseilles | 8,367 | 7,673 |
London | 8,145 | 7,451 |
Liverpool | 7,907 | 7,213 |
Glasgow | 7,890 | 7,186 |
Dublin............. | 7,823 | 7,129 |
Lisbon | 7,502 | 6,813 |
Gibraltor | 7,677 | 6,983 |
Barcelona | 8,191 | 7,497 |
Naples | 8,663 | 7,969 |
Trieste............. | 9,358 | 8,664 |
Constantinople...... | 9,514 | 8,820 |
Alexandria | 9,482 | 8,788 |
Port Said.......... | 9,610 | 8,916 |
Palermo | 8,605 | 7,911 |
Free Town......... | 7,160 | 6,468 |
Cape Town......... | 9,760 |
* New York to San Francisco via Magellan Straits, 13,090.
Diagram Showing Superior Advantages Op The Panama Canal
Over The Nicaragua Canal.
Panama, Suez, And Cape Of Good Hope Routes.
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