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Title: Alden's Handy Atlas of the World

Author: John B. Alden


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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.



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Copyright, 1885 and 1886, by Rand, McNally & Co.



INDEX

TO

Maps and Descriptive Matter.



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



INDEX

TO

Diagrams and Tables.



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