Description: A map of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans from 1913 showing principal marine trade routes for full-powered steamships (solid lines) and sailing vessels (dashed lines). The map shows distances in Nautical Miles saved traveling from New York via the Panama Canal versus through the Strait of Magellan (Cape Horn) or Suez Canal on trade routes to various ports, including San Francisco (Magellan13,135 miles, Panama 5,262 miles, saved 7,873), Guayaquil (Magellan 10,215 miles, Panama 2,810 miles, saved 7,405), Callao (Magellan 9,613 miles, Panama 3,363 miles, saved 6,250), Iquique (Magellan 9,143 miles, Panama 4,004 miles, saved 5,139), Valparaiso (Magellan 8,380 miles, Panama 4,633 miles, saved 3,747), Honolulu (Magellan 13,312 miles, Panama 6,700 miles, saved 6,612), Manila (Suez- 11,589 miles, Panama 11,548 miles, saved 41), Yokohama (Suez 13,079 miles, Panama 9,798 miles, saved 3,281), Hongkong (Suez 11,628 miles, Panama 11,383 miles, saved 245), and Melbourne (Magellan 12,852 miles, Panama 10,030 miles, saved 2,822 miles). — Marshall, 1913
Place Names: A Complete Map of Globes and Multi-continent, Panama, Panama Canal,
ISO Topic Categories: boundaries,
transportation
Keywords: Trade Routes and Distances by Existing Lines and by the Panama Canal, physical, political, transportation, trade routes, canals, kTransportation, physical features, country borders, water routes, boundaries,
transportation, Unknown, 1913
Source: Logan Marshall, The Story of the Panama Canal (, : L.T. Myers, 1913) 226
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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