A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World

APPENDIX, No. III.—PACIFIC OCEAN.

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Longitudes and Latitudes, Places, &c.

Places Lat. Long.

River St. Juan, mouth of 10° 53' N. 83° 40' W.

Kingston, Jamaica 17° 57' 57" — 76° 46' 10" —

Port Culebra 10° 42' — 85° 37' —

Leon 12° 20' — 86° 45' —

Rialejo 12° 29' 50" — 87° 6' —

Colombia River 46° 19' — 123° 50' —

Port Illuluk Oonoolashka 53° 52' — 166° 32' —

Nootka Sound 49° 34' — 126° 28' 30" —

Icy Cape 70° 17' — 161° 40' —

Christmas Isle, Pacific 1° 58' — 157° 32' —

Owhyhee 19° 43' 51" — 155° 7' 10" —

Otaheite 17° 29' 12" S. 149° 28' 46" —

Melville Island, Port Dundas 12° 13' — 136° 46' E.

Sydney, New South Wales 33° 50' 40" — 151° 14' 10" —

Canton, China 23° 7' 10" N. 113° 14' —

Pekin 39° 54' — 116° 26' —

Jeddo, Japan 35° 40' — 139° 50' —

Kamschatka 56° 15' — 162° —

Manilla 14° 36' — 121° 2' —

Chagre 9° 21' — 80° 4' 5" —

Panama 8° 57' 30" — 79° 29' 20" —

Point Mala 7° 25' — 79° 54' —

Port Damas, Quibo 7° 26' — 81° 31' —

Acapulco 16° 50' 29" — 99° 53' 47" —

St. Blas 21° 32' 24" — 105° 18' 27" —

Cape St. Lucas, California 22° 52' 28" — 109° 50' 23" —

Guayaquil 2° 12' 12" S. 79° 39' 46" —

Lima 12° 2' 34" — 77° 8' 30" —

Callao 12° 3' 45" — 77° 14' 10" —

Arica 18° 28' 35" — 70° 16' —

Coquimbo 29° 53' 43" — 71° 18' 40" —

Valparaiso 33° 1' 55" — 71° 40' 25" —

Fort St. Carlos, Chiloe 41° 51' 50" — 73° 53' 50" —

Bearings and Distances of Places.

Places. Miles.

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. 8½° 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. 89½° 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

Ditto to Owhyhee N. 84° W. 4,100

Ditto to Otaheite S. 64½° 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.

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'

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Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · Footnote 2: Should the Colombian Government obstinately and ignorantly oppose the transmission of mails across the isthmus from Chagres to P Note 2 · Footnote 3: See also Appendix, No. 1.(Back)Note 3 · Footnote 4: To touch at Savannah la Mar would scarcely take up one hour, while doing so would be a very great accommodation to the western p Note 4 · Footnote 5: If the packet is a steamer, these boats will be saved, because the steamer would save so much time as to enable it to call at al Note 5 · Footnote 6: Whenever steamers are appointed to carry the mails from Falmouth to Barbadoes, the arrival of the packet at that island will be Note 6 · Footnote 14: The following are the distances from Panama to the different places alluded to:— SOUTH. Panama to Guayaquil S. 0°. 31' W. Dist.Note 7 · Footnote 15: By making the four steamers on the route between the Cape of Good Hope and Ceylon, run—two from the Cape to Mauritius, and two Note 8 · Footnote 16: The time here is only ten days; but the calculation was made for a different division of the mails, and it has not been thought Note 9 · Footnote 18: From the mouth of the Chorera to the Bay Lemon, the distance is 27½ geographical miles. There is, however, reason to believe, t Note 10 · Footnote 20: Appendix, 196, Report Steam Communication with India.(Back)