New York to—
Reduction.
Yokohama
by Suez
13,564
3,729 miles.
by Panama
9,835
Shanghai
by Suez
12,514
1,629 miles.
by Panama
10,885
Sydney
by Cape of Good Hope
13,658
3,806 miles.
by Panama (
viâ
Tahiti)
9,852
Melbourne
by Cape of Good Hope
13,083
2,656 miles.
by Panama (
viâ
Tahiti)
10,427
Wellington,
N.Z.
by Straits of Magellan
11,414
2,542 miles.
by Panama (
viâ
Tahiti)
8,872
Since the Canal does not reduce the distances between these places and Europe (except slightly in the case of Wellington), the competitive gain of New York is equal in all cases to the absolute gain in distance. The following figures show the distances from New York to Hong Kong and Manila by the Suez and Panama routes:—
New York to—
Reduction.
Hong Kong
by Suez
11,655
by Panama
11,744
Manilla
by Suez
11,601
16 miles.
by Panama,
viâ
San Francisco and Yokohama
11,585
by Panama, Honolulu and Guam
11,729
The Panama Canal and Its Makers
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Vaughan Cornish
