The world book; (electronic resource) organized knowledge in story and picture (1917) (14742103276)

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Title: The world book; (electronic resource) organized knowledge in story and picture

Year: 1917 (1910s)

Authors: O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932, ed Foster, Ellsworth D., ed Locke, George Herbert, 1870-1937, ed

Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Publisher: Chicago, New York (etc.) Hanson-Roach-Fowler Co.

Contributing Library: Internet Archive

Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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(see Sphere), theshortest line between two points on the surfaceof a globe is part of a great circle (that is, acircle whose center is the center of the globe),and our lines of longitude are great circles, butour lines of latitude are not. A great circleline between New York and Portugal w^ouldrun a little toward the north of east until themiddle of the trip and then turn a little south-ward. Ocean routes do not always follow the greatcircle exactly. Sometimes the way is blockedby islands or, as in the North Atlantic, thereis danger from icebergs or fog. Usually east-bound boats follow a different lane from thatfollowed by those westbound. c.h.h. Consult Gibernes The Mighty Deep and WhatWe Know about It; Ingersolls The Book of theOcean; Murrays The Ocean. Related SuhjectH. The reader is referred tothe following articles in these volumes. The listof seas, gulfs and bays under Geography mayalso be consulted. Antarctic Lands andSeas Arctic Lands and SeasAtlantic Ocean OCEANIA 4336 OCELOT

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PRINCIPAL. ROUTES BY SEA (a)(b)(c)id)(e)(/) (g) ih)(i)(./)(k) il) New York to Hamburg, 3,395 mi.New York to Gibraltar, 3,204 mi.New York to Liverpool, 3,079 mi.New York to Southampton, 3,080 mi.New York to Panama, 1,920 mi.Cape Town to Plymouth, 5,948 mi.San Francisco to Honolulu, 2,089 mi.Honolulu to Manila, 4,645 mi.Honolulu to Yokohama, 3,445 mi.Honolulu to Auckland, 3,850 mi.Vancouver to Yokohama, 4,230 mi.San Fi-ancisco to Yokohama, 4,791 mi. (in) Vancouver to Honolulu, 2,410 mi. (n) Yokohama to San P^rancisco, 4,536 mi. (o) Para to Lisbon, 3,248 mi. (p) Aden to Melbourne, 6,310 mi. (r) Mauritius to Colombo, 2.090 mi. (s) Panama to Auckland, 4,180 mi. it) Honolulu to Panama, 4,723 mi. (u) Panama to Valparaiso, 2,712 mi. (v) Los Angeles to Panama, 2,870 mi. iw) Boston to Colon, 2,092 mi. (x) Liverpool to Para, 4.010 mi. iy) Apia to Panama, 5,739 mi. Gulf StreamIndian OceanJapan Current Labrador CurrentPacific OceanSargasso Sea OCEANIA, o she ani a, a name used bygeographers to des

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