A Quick Geography Lesson

     Most people are unaware that South America lies east of Cleveland, Ohio. If you flew straight south from Cleveland, after leaving Florida the next land you would pass over would be west of Havana, Cuba. After that you would fly over Panama. Continuing south you would miss Ecuador and Peru by a few miles and would not hit land again until you reached Antarctica. 

     If you were in the easternmost place in Brazil, Cape Branco, (in Portuguese Cabo Branco) you would be 3,800 miles from Miami, Florida, but only 1,902 miles from the country of Liberia in western Africa. That's roughly the distance between New York City and Salt Lake City, Utah.