Title: Alden's Handy Atlas of the World
Author: John B. Alden
Release date: December 31, 2011 [eBook #38457]
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Language: English
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ALDEN'S
HANDY ATLAS
OF THE
WORLD.
INCLUDING
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT
COLORED MAPS, DIAGRAMS,
TABLES, ETC.
NEW YORK:
JOHN B. ALDEN, PUBLISHER.
1888.
The following are A FEW TITLES and prices from my catalogue of standard books:
Alden's Cyclopedia of Universal Literature, publishing in 15 volumes, of about 500 pages each; per volume, paper, 30c.; cloth, 50c.; half Morocco, 60c.
American Patriotism: Famous Orations and Patriotic Papers; cloth 50c., half Morocco 70c.
Ancient Classics for English Readers; 27 volumes; each, paper, 10c.; cloth, 20c. Also bound in 9 vols., half Russia, each 50c.
Argyll's Reign of Law, cloth, 60c.; Unity of Nature, 60c.; Primeval Man, 35c.; the three in one volume, cloth, $1.00.
Bacon's Essays, complete; paper 12c., cloth 25c.
Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress; paper 8c., cloth 20c. and 30c.
Chambers's Cyclopedia of English Literature; 8 volumes in cloth, $2.00.
Chinese Classics: The Works of Confucius and Mencius, translated; cloth 75c.
Classic Comedies, by Goldsmith, Sheridan, and Jonson; cloth 40c., half Morocco 60c.
Classic Prose Wonder-Book; 900 large octavo pages, richly bound. $1.50.
Confessions of St. Augustine; translated, cloth, 50c.
Creasy's Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World; cloth, 40c.
De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium Eater; cloth, 20c.
Doré's Bible Gallery of Illustrations and Stories; reduced from $5.00 to $1.25.
Doré's Milton's Paradise Lost; text complete, with 52 cartoons, $1.25.
Durfee's Poetical Concordance to the principal Poets of the World; cloth, gilt edges, $1.00.
Emerson's Essays, 2 volumes; each, cl., 40c.; half Morocco, 60c.
Emerson's Nature, Etc.; cloth 35c., half Morocco 50c.
Famous Warriors: Lives of Hannibal, Cæsar, and Cromwell, by famous authors; each, paper, 8c.; all in one vol., cloth, 40c.
Farrar's Seekers after God; cloth, 35c.
—— Lectures, Addresses and Essays; cloth 35c., half Morocco 50c.
Geikie's Hours with the Bible; 6 vols., illustrated; reduced in price from $1.50 per vol. to 45c. in cl., or 60c. in half Morocco.
—— Life and Words of Christ; reduced in price from $8.00 to 45c. for cloth, or 60c. for half Morocco.
John B. Alden, Publisher, 393 Pearl St., New York.
Copyright, 1885 and 1886, by Rand, McNally & Co.
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| PAGE | PAGE | ||
| Abyssinia | 51 | Maryland | 101 |
| Afghanistan | 45 | Massachusetts | 87 |
| Africa | 47 | Mexico | 77 |
| Alabama | 115 | Michigan | 137 |
| Alaska | 75 | Minnesota | 143 |
| Algeria | 49 | Mississippi | 117 |
| Anam | 39, 40 | Missouri | 125 |
| Andorra | 23, 24 | Montana | 163 |
| Arabia | 37, 41 | Montenegro | 27, 30 |
| Argentine Republic | 189, 191 | Mozambique | 53 |
| Arizona | 157 | Natal | 55 |
| Arkansas | 123 | Nebraska | 147 |
| Asia | 37 | Netherlands | 17, 19 |
| Australasia | 63 | Netherlands Indies | 61 |
| Australia | 63 | Nevada | 167 |
| Austro-Hungary | 31 | New Brunswick | 71 |
| Belgium | 17, 19 | New Hampshire | 83 |
| Beluchistan | 45 | New Jersey | 95 |
| Bolivia | 187 | New Mexico | 155 |
| Brazil | 187 | New South Wales | 63 |
| British Columbia | 73 | New York | 93 |
| British Isles | 13 | New Zealand | 63 |
| Bulgaria | 25, 27 | Nicaragua | 175, 176 |
| Burmah | 39, 40 | North America | 65 |
| California | 168 | North Carolina | 107 |
| Cape Colony | 55 | Northwest Territories | 73 |
| Central America | 175 | Norway | 33 |
| Ceylon | 43 | Nova Scotia | 71 |
| Chili | 191 | Nubia | 51 |
| China | 39 | Oceania | 59, 60 |
| Chinese Empire | 38 | Ohio | 131 |
| Colombia, U.S. of | 183, 184 | Ontario | 67 |
| Colorado | 153 | Orange River Free State | 55 |
| Congo Free State | 57 | Oregon | 171 |
| Connecticut | 91 | Paraguay | 191 |
| Corea | 39, 41 | Pennsylvania | 97 |
| Costa Rica | 175, 176 | Persia | 45 |
| Cuba | 179, 180 | Peru | 187, 188 |
| Dakota | 145 | Porto Rico | 175, 179 |
| Delaware | 99 | Portugal | 21 |
| Denmark | 33, 34 | Prince Edward Island | 71 |
| Ecuador | 187, 188 | Quebec | 69 |
| Egypt | 51 | Queensland | 63 |
| England | 14 | Rhode Island | 89 |
| Europe | 9 | Rumania | 25, 27 |
| Europe, Northern | 10 | Russia | 35 |
| Europe, Southern | 11 | San Domingo | 175, 178 |
| Florida | 113 | Sandwich Islands | 61 |
| France | 23 | San Salvador | 175, 176 |
| Georgia | 111 | Scotland | 16 |
| Germany | 19 | Servia | 25, 27 |
| Great Britain | 12 | Siam | 39, 40 |
| Greece | 27 | South America | 181, 182 |
| Guatemala | 175, 177 | South Australia | 63 |
| Guiana, British | 185 | South Carolina | 109 |
| Guiana, Dutch | 185 | Spain | 21 |
| Guiana, French | 185 | Sweden | 33 |
| Hawaii | 61 | Switzerland | 23, 24 |
| Hayti | 175, 178 | Tasmania | 63 |
| Honduras | 175, 177 | Tennessee | 127 |
| Honduras, British | 175, 177 | Texas | 121 |
| Hong Kong | 39, 41 | Transvaal | 56 |
| Idaho | 165 | Tripoli | 47 |
| Illinois | 135 | Tunis | 49 |
| India | 43 | Turkey | 27 |
| Indiana | 133 | United States | 79 |
| Indian Territory | 151 | Uruguay | 189, 191 |
| Iowa | 141 | Utah | 159 |
| Ireland | 15 | Venezuela | 183, 184 |
| Italy | 29 | Vermont | 85 |
| Jamaica | 175, 178 | Victoria | 63 |
| Japan | 39 | Virginia | 103 |
| Kansas | 149 | Wales | 14 |
| Kentucky | 129 | Washington | 173 |
| Liberia | 56, 58 | Western Australia | 62 |
| Louisiana | 119 | West Indies | 175 |
| Madagascar | 53 | West Virginia | 105 |
| Maine | 81 | Wisconsin | 139 |
| Malay | 39, 40 | World | 7 |
| Manitoba | 73 | Wyoming | 161 |
| Marocco | 49 | Zanzibar | 53 |
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| Agriculture, Persons Engaged in | 114 |
| Agricultural Products of Mexico | 76 |
| Angora Hair Exported by Cape Colony, Value of | 46 |
| Area and Population of African Countries | 46 |
| Area and Population of Asiatic Countries | 36 |
| Area and Population of Central America | 174 |
| Area and Population of European Countries | 8 |
| Area and Population of German States | 18 |
| Area and Population of Mexico | 76 |
| Area and Population of Oceania | 59 |
| Area and Population of South American Countries | 181 |
| Area and Population of West Indies | 174 |
| Barley, Average Annual Product of | 82 |
| Boots and Shoes Manufactured, Value of | 86 |
| Butter Product, 1880, Value of | 172 |
| Cattle in Territories, Value of | 160 |
| Cheese Product, 1880, Value of | 92 |
| Cheese Product in Territories, 1880, Value of | 158 |
| Cloth Manufactured in the Southern States | 116 |
| Cocoa Exported by Venezuela, Value of | 181 |
| Coffee Exported by Brazil, Value of | 181 |
| Coffee Exported by Venezuela, Value of | 181 |
| Coffee Imported by Europe | 8 |
| Copper Ingots, Amount of, Produced in Southern States | 106 |
| Copper Ingots, Annual Product of | 156 |
| Corn Crop, 1870 to 1880, Increase in | 104 |
| Corn, Increase in Acreage of | 146 |
| Cotton Exported by Brazil, Value of | 181 |
| Cotton Manufactures per 1,000 Population, Capital Invested in | 88 |
| Crop Productions of Australasia | 59 |
| Diamonds Exported by Brazil, Value of | 181 |
| Diamonds Exported by Cape Colony, Value of | 46 |
| Exports of Africa | 46 |
| Exports of Belize | 174 |
| Exports of Cuba | 174 |
| Exports of Hawaiian Islands | 59 |
| Exports of Hayti | 174 |
| Exports of Jamaica | 174 |
| Exports of Mexico | 76 |
| Exports of Philippine Islands | 59 |
| Exports of Porto Rico | 174 |
| Exports of Society Islands | 59 |
| Exports of South America | 181 |
| Farm Animals in Australasia, Number of | 62 |
| Farm Crops, Comparative Value of | 122 |
| Farm Crops, 1870 to 1880, Increase in | 164 |
| Farms of Five Hundred Acres or Over Occupied by Owners | 110 |
| Farm Products, Comparative Yearly | 112 |
| Farm products, 1882, Comparison of | 166 |
| Fishery Products, 1880, Value of | 170 |
| Flouring and Grist Mills, Capital Invested in | 142 |
| Glassware, 1880, Capital Invested in Manufacture of | 96 |
| Gold and Silver Deposited at Mints and Assay Offices, 1793 to 1883 | 168 |
| Gold Produced from Placer Fields in 1880 | 162 |
| Granite Quarries, Capital Invested in | 80 |
| Hardware, Capital Invested in Manufacture of | 90 |
| Hides Exported by Brazil, Value of | 181 |
| Hogs on Farms, Number of | 140 |
| Hops Produced in West in 1880, Pounds of | 138 |
| Imports of Belize | 174 |
| Imports of Society Islands | 59 |
| Indigo Exported by Colombia, Value of | 181 |
| Lace, Production of, Europe | 8 |
| Lakes of South America, Area of | 181 |
| Land, Total Cultivated, Uncultivated and Timber | 120 |
| Lead Ore Mined, Annual Value of | 124 |
| Limestone and Marble Quarries, 1880, Capital Invested in | 84 |
| Linen Production of Europe | 8 |
| Lumber Products, 1880, Value of | 136 |
| Mineral Productions of Europe | 8 |
| Molasses Produced in 1880, Gallons of | 118 |
| Mules, Value of | 126 |
| Orchard Products per 1,000 Population, Value of | 98 |
| Ostrich Feathers Exported by Cape Colony, Value of | 46 |
| Oyster Fisheries, 1880, Value of | 100 |
| Peanuts, Annual Amount of Crop | 102 |
| Plate Glass Manufacture, 1880 | 132 |
| Population, 1870 to 1880, Increase of | 148 |
| Rice Produced in 1880, Pounds of | 108 |
| Rivers of Africa, Length of | 46 |
| Rivers of Asia, Length of | 36 |
| Rivers of Europe, Length of | 8 |
| Rivers of South America, Length of | 181 |
| Rubber Exported by Brazil, Value of | 181 |
| Seal Fisheries, Annual Products of | 74 |
| Seas and Lakes of Asia, Areas of | 36 |
| Seas and Lakes of Europe, Areas of | 8 |
| Sheep in Territories, Comparative Number of | 154 |
| Silk Goods Manufactured, Value of | 94 |
| Silk Production of France | 8 |
| Silk Production of Italy | 8 |
| Silver Product of 1882 | 152 |
| Slaughtering and Meat Packing Products, 1880 | 134 |
| Sugar Exported by Brazil, Value of | 181 |
| Tea Imported by Great Britain | 8 |
| Tobacco Crop, 1882, Value of | 128 |
| Tobacco Exported by Brazil, Value of | 181 |
| Wheat and Corn, Amount Raised Yearly by Different Nations | 150 |
| Wheat Production 1870 to 1880, Increase in | 144 |
| Wool Product, in Pounds, 1880 | 130 |