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International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. 



I,— TOPOGRAPHICAL CLASSIFICATION. 



[To be used in connexion with Geography, Geology, Botany, 



Zoolog-y, etc.] 



.—MAIN DIVISIONS. 



a. The Earth as a whole. 



h. Land as a whole. 



c. Ocean as a whole. 



d. Europe and Mediterranean Islands. 



e. Asia and Malay iVrchipelag-o, Celebes and Timor inclusive. 

 /. Africa and Madag-ascar. 



g. North America to boundary between United States and Mexico. 

 h. Mexico, Central and South America, and West Indian Islands. 

 /. Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, with New Guinea, 



Gilolo, and Moluccas to west, and including the Solomon 



Islands, New Hebrides, and New Caledonia to east. 

 k. Arctic : Greenland and the area north of the Arctic Circle, or of 



the coasts of Continental America, Asia, and Europe, whichever 



is farther north. 

 /. Atlantic and Islands from Arctic Circle to Lat. 4.i° S. — the 



southern portion bounded on the east b}' the meridian 20° E. 



of Greenwich, south of the coast of Africa ; and on the west 



by the coast of South America. 

 m. Indian Ocean and Islands limited on the south by Lat. 45° S. ; 



on the west by the meridian 20° E. of Greenwich ; on the 



east b}' the coast of Australia and the meridian 147° E. of 



Greenwich. 

 n. Pacific and Islands from the Arctic Circle to Lat. 45° S., and 



between the meridian 147° E. of Greenwich and the coast of 



South America. 

 0. Antarctic : the area south of 45° S. except the Falkland Islands 



and the southern parts of South America and New Zealand ; 



but includin^i' the islands of New xlmsterdam and St. Paul. 



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N.B. — As a general rule. Islands more than 100 miles from the 

 continent to be classed as Oceanic, unless specially excepted. 



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