Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, a copy of the report of Captain Thomas ... 1856, on the oceanic routes to California.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 20
ISBN-13: 9781418191276
Subjects: History / United States / General
First sentence: It is well known that the journey from New York to San Francisco is effected on this, by a steamer leaving the former place semi-monthly, touching generally, though not necessarily, at Kingston, Jamaica, to coal and land a mail, &amp;c.; thence to Aspinwall, following the route indicated by the dotted line, (chart No. 1;) crossing the isthmus by railway, 49 miles in length, between Aspinwall and Panama, and here embarking on a sea-steamer, which touches at Acapulco, Mexico, to coal, and thence directly to San Francisco, California, following the route in the Pacific dotted on chart No. 2.