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International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. 



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I 



I,— TOPOGRAPHICAL CLASSIFICATION. 



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

 Zoology, etc.] 



1.— 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 Archipelago, Celebes and Timor inclusive. 

 /. Africa and Madagascar. 



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

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

 i. 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. 45° S.— the 



southern portion bounded on the east by 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 4o° S. ; 



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



east by the coast of Australia and the meridian 1 17' 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. 

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



and the southern parts of South America and New Zealand ; 



but including the islands of New Amsterdam and St. Paul. 



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

 continent to be classed as Oceanic, unless specially excepted. 



