This section is from the book "Bepler's Handy Manual of Knowledge And Useful Infomation", by David Bepler. Also available from Amazon: Bepler's Handy Manual of Knowledge and Useful Information.
(Statute Miles)
From San Francisco, Cal., to Yokohama, Japan...........4,764 miles
" Yokohama to Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island.......1,620 "
" Hong Kong to Singapore, Asia.....................1,150 "
" Singapore to Calcutta, India, Asia..................1,200 "
" Calcutta to Bombay, India, Asia...................1,409 "
" Bombay to Aden, Arabia, Asia.....................1,664 "
" Aden to Suez, Egypt, Africa.......................1,308 "
" Suez to Alexandria, Egypt, Africa.................. 250 "
" Alexandria to Marseilles, France, Europe............1,300 "
" Marseilles to Paris, France, Europe................. 536 "
" Paris to London, England, Europe.................. 31G "
" London to Liverpool, England, Europe.............. 205 "
" Liverpool to New York, United States..............3,000 "
" New York to San Francisco, Cal., United States.....3,311 "
Principal Exports of Countries
Argentine Republic. - Condensed meats, hides, horsehair, oil, tallow, wool.
Austria. - Salt, meerschaum pipes, flax, cutlery, linens.
Australasia. - Tin, copper, coal, hides, wool, gold, silver.
Arabia. - Coffee, gum arabic, aloes, alum, almonds, frankincense, myrrh, balsam.
Belgium. - Cotton, linen and woolen manufactures, iron, marble, mats, mirrors.
Brazil. - Coffee, diamonds, drugs, hides, sugar, rum, tobacco, dye-woods, crude rubber.
Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. - Corn, flour, fish, furs, gold, leather, hides, lumber.
Cape Colony. - Brandy, wine, ostrich feathers, hides, tallow.
Central America. - Logwood, cochineal, coffee, rice, sugar, mahogany, indigo, cocoa, tobacco.
China. - Camphor, cassia, chinaware, lead, mercury, opium, pearls, rice, silk, raw and manufactured, tea, sugar, zinc.
Colombia Republic. - Coffee, gold, indigo, Peruvian bark.
Denmark. - Butter, cheese, cattle, feathers, horses, grain, jute, wool, beef, pork.
Eastern, Western, and Southern Africa. - Gold, ivory, ostrich feathers, palm oil, fruit.
Egypt.- - Asafcetida, cotton, grain, hemp, hides, linseed, gum, silk, tobacco, indigo, fruit, sugar.
Ecuador. - Cocoa, coffee, cotton, India-rubber, Peruvian bark, sugar, indigo.
France. - Brandy, butter, chinaware, cotton, linen, silk and woolen manufactures, drugs, artificial flowers, hair, hats, millinery goods, jewelry, wine, olive oil, paper, perfumery, leather goods, toys.
Germany. - Linen, cotton, silk and woolen manufactures, copper, hops, zinc, jewelry, cutlery, hardware, toys, perfumery, chemical pro-ducts, flax, beer, wine, leather.
Great Britain and Ireland. - Iron, cotton, linen, silk and woolen manufactures, ale, alkali, arms, coal, chemical products, hardware, earthenware, cutlery, copper, horses, tin, porter, lace, machinery.
Greenland. - Whale oil, whalebone, sealskins.
Greece. - Cotton, currants, figs, olive oil, honey, leather, silk, soap, wine, zinc.
Holland. - Fine linen, woolens, butter, cheese, fish, cattle.
India. - Coffee, cotton, gum, hides, indigo, jute, opium, pearls, precious stones, saffron, pepper, shawls, sugar, tea, silk, raw and manufactured.
Italy. - Alabaster, brimstone, almonds, chemical products, fruit, hemp, olive oil, sumac, silk, wine, spirits.
Iceland. - Fish, train oil.
Japan. - Silk and cotton goods, copper, iron, glass, chinaware, varnish, tea, silk, raw and manufactured.
Java. - Arrack, cinnamon, rice, indigo, coffee, cloves, cochineal, gold, pepper, sago, pearls, tin, tobacco.
Liberia. - Coffee, gold, palm oil, gum, rice, sugar.
Mexico. - Gold, silver, sugar, cochineal, vanilla, copper, mahogany, dyewood, indigo, jalap, hides, lead.
Madagascar. - Cattle, cotton, hides, indigo, maize, rice.
Morocco. - Almonds, beans, fruit, gum, Morocco leather, oil, skins, wool.
Paraguay. - Cassava, sugar, corn, tobacco.
Persia. - Asafoetida, carpets, rugs, madder, opium, pearls, shawls, silk, tobacco, rhubarb, swords.
Peru. - Silver, gold, Peruvian bark, saltpetre, quinine, borax, cubic-nitre, guano, copper, alpaca-wood.
Chili. - Copper, gold, hides, wheat, flour, silver, sugar, wooL
Portugal. - Cork, fruit, oil, fish, saffron, salt, wine.
Russia. - Bristles, hemp, iron, linen, grain, cordage, flax, copper, caviar, flour, linseed, furs, corn, potash, skins, hides, stearine, timber, tallow, tar, wool, platina.
Sandwich Islands. - Hides, rice, salt, skins, sugar, tallow, wool, fruit.
Spain. - Copper, cork, fish, fruit, grain, lead, olive oil, quicksilver, rice, saffron, sheep, skin, wine, wool.
Sweden and Norway. - Iron, steel, copper, timber, fish, bones, butter cheese, cattle, nickel, jute, tar.
Switzerland. - Cheese, cotton, linens, watches, jewelry, laces, silks, machines.
Turkey. - Currants, figs, gum, goat's hair, carpets, hides, maize, mastic, meerschaum, oil, opium, raisins, saffron, shawls, silk, muslin, swords.
Transvaal. - Gum arabic, gold, ivory, ostrich feathers.
United States. - Butter, cattle, cheese, coal, coal oil, corn, cotton, canned fruits, meats and fish, flour, furs, gold, grain, ham, hardware, hides, hogs, iron, lard, lead, copper, leather, lumber, machinery, meat, molasses, pork, quicksilver, raisins, silver, skins, tobacco, watches, wine, linen, woolen and cotton goods, machinery of all kinds.
Uruguay and Argentine Republic. - Condensed meat, guano, hides, horsehair, oil, skins, tallow, wool.
Venezuela. - Balsam, cocoa, coffee, copper, cotton, hides, tobacco.
West Indies. - Alum, arrow root, cochineal, cocoa, ginger, tobacco, sugar, molasses, rum, coffee, indigo, pepper.
 
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