New York via Nicaragua Compared with Liverpool via Suez.
| New York to Singapore | 11,549 m. | 29 m. more. |
| " " | 11,308 m. | 2,363 m. less. |
| " " | 9,363 m. | 5,951 m. less. |
| " " | 10,000 m. | 4,920 m. less. |
New York to San Francisco {10,753 m. less than via Cape Horn.
New Orleans to San Francisco {11,853 m. less than via Cape Horn.
Distances saved via Magellan Straits vary between different ports, but may be approximately stated at two thousand miles.
NICARAGUA CANAL DISTANCES
U. S. Hydrographic Office, proving San Francisco to be on Asiatic Route to and from Brito, the Pacific Terminus of Canal.