APPENDIX
The relation of the Panama Canal to ocean transportation routes is best exhibited in the painstaking tables prepared by the Hydrographic Office of the United States Navy. These show, in terms of nautical miles, the comparative distances, which are as follows:
WEST COASTS OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
| San Francisco | ||||||||||
| Monterey | ||||||||||
| Santa Barbara | ||||||||||
| San Diego | ||||||||||
| San Blas | ||||||||||
| Guaymas | ||||||||||
| Acapulco | ||||||||||
| Salina Cruz | ||||||||||
| San José | ||||||||||
| Corinto | ||||||||||
| 0 | 90 | 295 | 451 | 1430 | 1510 | 1836 | 2189 | 2446 | 2671 | San Francisco |
| 0 | 220 | 376 | 1355 | 1435 | 1805 | 2124 | 2371 | 2596 | Monterey | |
| 0 | 164 | 1166 | 1246 | 1616 | 1935 | 2182 | 2407 | Santa Barbara | ||
| 0 | 843 | 923 | 1493 | 1812 | 2059 | 2284 | San Diego | |||
| 0 | 500 | 520 | 780 | 1074 | 1310 | San Blas | ||||
| 0 | 954 | 1251 | 1508 | 1774 | Guaymas | |||||
| 0 | 300 | 563 | 799 | Acapulco | ||||||
| 0 | 291 | 529 | Salina Cruz | |||||||
| 0 | 238 | San José | ||||||||
| 0 | Corinto | |||||||||
| Puntarenas (Costa Rica) | ||||||||||
| Panama | ||||||||||
| Esmeraldas | ||||||||||
| Guayaquil | ||||||||||
| Paita | ||||||||||
| Pacasmayo | ||||||||||
| Callao | ||||||||||
| Pisco | ||||||||||
| Islay (Mollendo) | ||||||||||
| Arica | ||||||||||
| 2916 | 3277 | 3395 | 3608 | 3552 | 3709 | 4012 | 4115 | 4451 | 4579 | San Francisco |
| 2841 | 3227 | 3320 | 3528 | 3477 | 3634 | 3937 | 4040 | 4376 | 4504 | Monterey |
| 2652 | 3038 | 3131 | 3339 | 3288 | 3445 | 3748 | 3851 | 4187 | 4315 | Santa Barbara |
| 2529 | 2965 | 3008 | 3216 | 3165 | 3322 | 3635 | 3728 | 4064 | 4196 | San Diego |
| 1534 | 1948 | 2033 | 2254 | 2210 | 2374 | 2680 | 2784 | 3126 | 3254 | San Blas |
| 1968 | 2382 | 2467 | 2668 | 2644 | 2808 | 3114 | 3218 | 3560 | 3688 | Guaymas |
| 1023 | 1437 | 1532 | 1762 | 1720 | 1889 | 2189 | 2303 | 2647 | 2775 | Acapulco |
| 765 | 1160 | 1302 | 1538 | 1535 | 1615 | 1989 | 2109 | 2317 | 2493 | Salina Cruz |
| 474 | 888 | 1026 | 1298 | 1281 | 1453 | 1759 | 1871 | 2193 | 2354 | San José |
| 284 | 698 | 830 | 1130 | 1126 | 1302 | 1608 | 1720 | 2042 | 2203 | Corinto |
| 0 | 490 | 640 | 947 | 948 | 1125 | 1431 | 1543 | 1866 | 2026 | Puntarenas |
| 0 | 475 | 842 | 849 | 1031 | 1337 | 1449 | 1771 | 1932 | Panama | |
| 0 | 409 | 416 | 600 | 906 | 1018 | 1340 | 1501 | Esmeraldas | ||
| 0 | 226 | 415 | 721 | 833 | 1155 | 1316 | Guayaquil | |||
| 0 | 200 | 506 | 618 | 940 | 1101 | Paita | ||||
| 0 | 316 | 430 | 754 | 913 | Pacasmayo | |||||
| 0 | 127 | 452 | 622 | Callao | ||||||
| 0 | 335 | 511 | Pisco | |||||||
| 0 | 139 | Islay (Mollendo) | ||||||||
| 0 | Arica | |||||||||
| Iquique | ||||||||||
| Antofagasta | ||||||||||
| Copiapo | ||||||||||
| Coquimbo | ||||||||||
| Valparaiso | ||||||||||
| Talcahuano (Concepcion B.) | ||||||||||
| Lota (Concepcion B.) | ||||||||||
| Valdivia | ||||||||||
| Punta Arenas (Sandy Pt., Chile) | ||||||||||
| 4645 | 4770 | 4885 | 5036 | 5140 | 5272 | 5287 | 5410 | 6199 | San Francisco | |
| 4570 | 4695 | 4802 | 4964 | 5065 | 5197 | 5212 | 5335 | 6124 | Monterey | |
| 4381 | 4506 | 4620 | 4745 | 4870 | 5002 | 5017 | 5142 | 5945 | Santa Barbara | |
| 4258 | 4368 | 4501 | 4626 | 4747 | 4879 | 4894 | 5019 | 5822 | San Diego | |
| 3321 | 3444 | 3582 | 3713 | 3724 | 3993 | 4008 | 4139 | 4976 | San Blas | |
| 3755 | 3878 | 4016 | 4147 | 4285 | 4427 | 4442 | 4573 | 5410 | Guaymas | |
| 2842 | 2973 | 3113 | 3253 | 3398 | 3554 | 3569 | 3708 | 4580 | Acapulco | |
| 2688 | 2794 | 2966 | 3086 | 3254 | 3412 | 3424 | 3566 | 4510 | Salina Cruz | |
| 2421 | 2550 | 2704 | 2864 | 3224 | 3203 | 3218 | 3378 | 4295 | San José | |
| 2270 | 2399 | 2553 | 2713 | 2879 | 3069 | 3084 | 3255 | 4186 | Corinto | |
| 2093 | 2222 | 2376 | 2538 | 2702 | 2894 | 2909 | 3071 | 4019 | Puntarenas | |
| 1999 | 2128 | 2282 | 2444 | 2608 | 2801 | 2816 | 2979 | 3932 | Panama | |
| 1568 | 1697 | 1851 | 2013 | 2177 | 2370 | 2385 | 2548 | 3501 | Esmeraldas | |
| 1383 | 1512 | 1666 | 1828 | 1992 | 2185 | 2200 | 2363 | 3316 | Guayaquil | |
| 1168 | 1297 | 1451 | 1613 | 1777 | 1970 | 1985 | 2148 | 3101 | Paita | |
| 990 | 1109 | 1267 | 1442 | 1608 | 1808 | 1823 | 1987 | 2949 | Pacasmayo | |
| 689 | 807 | 965 | 1139 | 1309 | 1514 | 1529 | 1697 | 2666 | Callao | |
| 578 | 703 | 861 | 1033 | 1204 | 1413 | 1428 | 1597 | 2550 | Pisco | |
| 222 | 428 | 604 | 790 | 967 | 1196 | 1211 | 1384 | 2370 | Islay (Mollendo) | |
| 110 | 323 | 538 | 697 | 881 | 1102 | 1129 | 1301 | 2294 | Arica | |
| 0 | 222 | 437 | 600 | 784 | 1005 | 1032 | 1204 | 2185 | Iquique | |
| 0 | 229 | 392 | 576 | 797 | 824 | 996 | 1981 | Antofagasta | ||
| 0 | 179 | 361 | 582 | 609 | 781 | 1705 | Copiapo | |||
| 0 | 198 | 426 | 450 | 623 | 1613 | Coquimbo | ||||
| 0 | 240 | 266 | 437 | 1425 | Valparaiso | |||||
| 0 | 39 | 222 | 1210 | Talcahuano}* | ||||||
| 0 | 207 | 1194 | Lota }* | |||||||
| 0 | 1011 | Valdivia | ||||||||
| 0 | Punta Arenas (Sandy Pt., Chile) | |||||||||
* Concepcion Bay
EAST COASTS OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
| New York | ||||||||||||
| Portland | ||||||||||||
| Boston | ||||||||||||
| Quebec | ||||||||||||
| Halifax | ||||||||||||
| Charlottetown, P. E. I. | ||||||||||||
| Philadelphia | ||||||||||||
| Baltimore | ||||||||||||
| Newport News | ||||||||||||
| Charleston | ||||||||||||
| Savannah | ||||||||||||
| Bermuda | ||||||||||||
| 0 | 362 | 300 | 1404 | 581 | 828 | 229 | 404 | 281 | 629 | 699 | 676 | New York |
| 0 | 111 | 1161 | 343 | 575 | 529 | 693 | 567 | 901 | 971 | 739 | Portland | |
| 0 | 1205 | 383 | 627 | 477 | 641 | 515 | 849 | 919 | 696 | Boston | ||
| 0 | 861 | 570 | 1558 | 1739 | 1613 | 1904 | 1978 | 1505 | Quebec | |||
| 0 | 273 | 735 | 836 | 710 | 1077 | 1147 | 758 | Halifax | ||||
| 0 | 982 | 1137 | 1011 | 1323 | 1393 | 852 | Charlottetown | |||||
| 0 | 355 | 229 | 594 | 664 | 729 | Philadelphia | ||||||
| 0 | 156 | 550 | 620 | 759 | Baltimore | |||||||
| 0 | 424 | 494 | 633 | Newport News | ||||||||
| 0 | 88 | 816 | Charleston | |||||||||
| 0 | 830 | Savannah | ||||||||||
| 0 | Bermuda | |||||||||||
| Key West | ||||||||||||
| Habana | ||||||||||||
| Saint Thomas | ||||||||||||
| Port Castries | ||||||||||||
| Demerara | ||||||||||||
| Pernambuco | ||||||||||||
| Bahia | ||||||||||||
| Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||||
| Montevideo | ||||||||||||
| Buenos Ayres | ||||||||||||
| Punta Arenas (Sandy Point) | ||||||||||||
| 1171 | 1215 | 1428 | 1746 | 2209 | 3696 | 4096 | 4778 | 5768 | 5868 | 6890 | New York | |
| 1400 | 1444 | 1562 | 1853 | 2289 | 3701 | 4101 | 4783 | 5773 | 5873 | 6895 | Portland | |
| 1348 | 1392 | 1516 | 1808 | 2253 | 3666 | 4066 | 4748 | 5738 | 5838 | 6860 | Boston | |
| 2377 | 2421 | 2340 | 2574 | 2935 | 4171 | 4571 | 5253 | 6243 | 6343 | 7365 | Quebec | |
| 1568 | 1612 | 1613 | 1873 | 2279 | 3575 | 3975 | 4657 | 5647 | 5747 | 6769 | Halifax | |
| 1807 | 1851 | 1790 | 2028 | 2437 | 3662 | 4062 | 4744 | 5734 | 5834 | 6856 | Charlottetown | |
| 1093 | 1137 | 1437 | 1762 | 2225 | 3746 | 4146 | 4828 | 5818 | 5918 | 6940 | Philadelphia | |
| 1049 | 1093 | 1414 | 1743 | 2204 | 3758 | 4158 | 4840 | 5830 | 5930 | 6952 | Baltimore | |
| 923 | 967 | 1287 | 1617 | 2086 | 3622 | 4003 | 4780 | 5750 | 5853 | 6826 | Newport News | |
| 598 | 642 | 1194 | 1554 | 1984 | 3631 | 4031 | 4713 | 5703 | 5803 | 6825 | Charleston | |
| 569 | 613 | 1212 | 1566 | 2202 | 3660 | 4060 | 4742 | 5732 | 5832 | 6854 | Savannah | |
| 1090 | 1141 | 853 | 1134 | 1724 | 3037 | 3437 | 4119 | 5109 | 5209 | 6231 | Bermuda | |
| 0 | 90 | 1040 | 1360 | 1797 | 3814 | 4214 | 4896 | 5886 | 5986 | 7008 | Key West | |
| 0 | 1019 | 1360 | 1869 | 3509 | 3909 | 4591 | 5581 | 6681 | 6703 | Habana | ||
| 0 | 346 | 802 | 2469 | 2869 | 3551 | 4541 | 4641 | 5663 | Saint Thomas | |||
| 0 | 461 | 2155 | 2555 | 3237 | 4227 | 4327 | 5349 | Port Castries | ||||
| 0 | 1788 | 2188 | 2870 | 3860 | 3960 | 4986 | Demerara | |||||
| 0 | 400 | 1100 | 2065 | 2183 | 3340 | Pernambuco | ||||||
| 0 | 745 | 1717 | 1835 | 2992 | Bahia | |||||||
| 0 | 1056 | 1162 | 2228 | Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||
| 0 | 104 | 1312 | Montevideo | |||||||||
| 0 | 1386 | Buenos Ayres | ||||||||||
| 0 | Punta Arenas (Sandy Point) | |||||||||||
DISTANT PORTS
| Ports | By Cape of Good Hope | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full powered steam vessels | Auxiliary steam N. E. monsoon | Auxiliary steam S. W. monsoon | Sail alone N. E. monsoon | Sail alone S. W. monsoon | ||
| New York to Bombay | 11250 | 12670 | 11820 | 13310 | 12460 | |
| “““Colombo | 10950 | 11730 | 11730 | 12370 | 12260 | |
| “““Calcutta | 12180 | 13710 | 13140 | 14390 | 13780 | |
| “““Singapore | 12150 | 12850 | 13120 | 13490 | 13760 | |
| “““Hongkong | 13590 | 14750 | 14560 | 15430 | 15200 | |
| “““Shanghai | 14340 | 15560 | 15370 | 16510 | 16010 | |
| “““Yokohama | 15020 | 16450 | 16120 | 16900 | 16760 | |
| “““Melbourne | 12670 | 12840 | 12840 | 13480 | 13480 | |
| “““Sydney | 13140 | 13310 | 13310 | 13950 | 13950 | |
| “““Wellington | 13710 | 14240 | 14240 | 14880 | 14880 | |
| Ports | By Suez Canal | By Panama | ||||
| Auxiliary steam N. E. monsoon | Auxiliary steam S. W. monsoon | Full powered steam vessels | Full powered steam vessels | |||
| New York to Bombay | 8370 | 8120 | 8120 | 15130 | ||
| “““Colombo | 8610 | 8610 | 8610 | 14230 | ||
| “““Calcutta | 10460 | 9830 | 9830 | 14300 | ||
| “““Singapore | 10170 | 10170 | 10170 | 12670 | ||
| “““Hongkong | 12110 | 11610 | 11610 | 11260 | ||
| “““Shanghai | 12920 | 12410 | 12360 | 10720 | ||
| “““Yokohama | 13820 | 13160 | 13040 | 9670 | ||
| “““Melbourne | 15030 | 15010 | 12790 | 10020 | ||
| “““Sydney | 14480 | 14460 | 13320 | 9710 | ||
| “““Wellington | 15680 | 15660 | 14230 | 8530 | ||
| Ports | By Magellan Strait | By Cape Horn | By Panama | |||
| Full powered steam vessels | Auxiliary steam vessels | Sailing vessels | Full powered steam vessels | |||
| Melbourne to New York | 12880 | 13120 | 13760 | 10020 | ||
| Sydney “““ | 12700 | 13050 | 13750 | 9710 | ||
| Wellington “““ | 11500 | 11850 | 12550 | 8530 | ||
| Valparaiso “““ | 8460 | 8680 | 9400 | 4640 | ||
| S. Francisco “““ | 13090 | 14670 | 15420 | 5300 | ||
| Esquimalt “““ | 13840 | 15330 | 16060 | 6080 | ||
| Honolulu “““ | 13200 | 14170 | 14970 | 6690 | ||
| New York to Valparaiso | 8315 | 9130 | 9420 | 4640 | ||
| “““S. Francisco | 13090 | 15350 | 15660 | 5300 | ||
| “““Esquimalt | 13920 | 15980 | 16290 | 6080 | ||
| “““Honolulu | 13200 | 14650 | 15480 | 6690 | ||