APPENDIX, No. III.—PACIFIC OCEAN.
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.
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.