Falmouth to Sydney, direct westward S. 66° W. 12,400
London to Icy Cape 3,775, add circle 100 N. & S. 3,875
Icy Cape to Canton S. 48° W. 4,200
Ditto to Sydney, New South Wales S. 19° W. 6,600
Ditto to Port Illuluk, Oonoolashka S. 8° W. 995
Port Illuluk to Colombia River S. 75° E. 1,750
Christmas Isle to Sydney, New South Wales S. 54° W. 3,650
Ditto to Canton N. 76° W. 5,250
Owhyhee to Otaheite S. 8-1/2° E. 2,250
Falmouth to Panama direct S. 56° W. 4,450
Ditto ditto by Barbadoes and
Jamaica 5,285
Port Culebra to Manilla N. 89-1/2° W. 9,022
Cape of Good Hope to Batavia N. 71° E. 5,200
Batavia to Canton N. 18° E. 1,830
Canton to Pekin 1,440
Batavia to Manilla N. 35° E. 1,510
Canton to Kamschatka N. 47° E. 2,900
Ditto to Jeddo N. 62° E. 1,610
Kingston, Jamaica, to Port Culebra S. 50° W. 680
Ditto to River St. Juan S. 44° W. 585
River St. Juan to Rialejo N. 66° W. 235
Falmouth to Port Culebra, direct S. 60° W. 4,650
Ditto to ditto by Barbadoes, Jamaica,
&c. 5,345
Jamaica to Chagre S. 21° W. 550
Chagre to Panama S. 52° E. 33
Panama to Point Mala S. 15° W. 95
Point Mala to Port Damas, Quibo S. 89° W. 97
Port Damas to Rialejo N. 48° W. 450
Rialejo to Acapulco N. 62° W. 1,180
Acapulco to St. Blas N. 48° W. 420
St. Blas to Cape St. Lucas N. 73° W. 274
Panama to Guayaquil S. 30° W. 670
Guayaquil to Lima S. 15° E. 610
Lima to Arica S. 45° E. 570
Arica to Coquimbo S. 5° W. 690
Coquimbo to Valparaiso S. 5° W. 190
Valparaiso to Fort Carlos, Chiloe S. 16° W. 555
Rialejo, direct, to Sydney, New South
Wales S. 68° W. 7,400
Panama to Sydney S. 71° W. 7,850
Ditto to Canton N. 85° W. 9,700
Ditto to Owhyhee N. 82° W. 4,650
Ditto to Otaheite S. 69° W. 4,450
Rialejo to Canton N. 86° W. 9,170 (p. 131)
Ditto to Owhyhee N. 84° W. 4,100
Ditto to Otaheite S. 64-1/2° W. 4,150
Ditto to Christmas Isle S. 81° W. 4,000
Christmas Isle to Otaheite S. 22° E. 1,190
Owhyhee to Canton N. 88° W. 5,200
Ditto to Sydney S. 46° W. 4,500
Otaheite to Sydney S. 79° W. 3,400
Rialejo to Manilla N. 89° W. 8,860
Ditto to St. Peter and St. Paul,
Kamschatka N. 66° W. 6,000
Ditto to Pekin N. 79° W. 8,600
Ditto to Jeddo, Japan N. 79° W. 7,300
Colombia River to Canton S. 77° W. 6,200
Icy Cape to Kamschatka S. 49° W. 1,280
Rialejo to Port Illuluk, Oonoolashka S. 57° W. 4,550
Rialejo to Colombia River S. 47° W. 3,000
Jeddo to Canton S. 62° W. 1,610
Manilla to Canton N. 41° W. 680
Batavia to Jeddo N. 53° E. 3,100
Cape of Good Hope to Hobart Town S. 85° E. 6,000
The course of mails from Falmouth to Canton, by Isthmus of America, by
Rialejo, will be 173 days; and to Sydney, by the same route, 158 days.
_Isthmus of America._
The appearance of the Isthmus of America, from Darien to the borders
of Mexico, indicates, in a very forcible manner, that this portion of
the earth is a fragment of a larger portion, which had, at some
important epoch, been to a great extent submerged around it, and that
the present Isthmus is the remains of a wider continental tract. In
several places within the limits mentioned, the ridges are broken, and
the country abounds--in fact, is studded--with high peaks, isolated,
yet greatly elevated. To the southward of Lake Nicaragua, between 9°
and 10° North latitude, about Cortago or Carthage, the land, or rather
ridge, is so elevated, that although within thirty miles of the
Pacific on the one hand, and forty miles of the Atlantic on the other
hand, yet during the winter months, from November to March, frost and
ice abound. The climate everywhere, in the interior parts, is
represented as being very healthy, and the country fruitful and
pleasant.
_Chagre and Panama._ (p. 132)
Long.
Chagre, according to Capt. Forster, from Greenwich,
in time, 5h 19' 49.27"
Observatory of Panama, East of Fort Lorenzo, Chagre,
according to Capt. Belcher, in time 1' 52.8"
Gorgona, East of Chagre 1' 8.7"
Panama, East of Gorgona 43.7"
Porto Bello, according to Capt. Forster, from Greenwich,
West, in time 5h 18'