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International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. 



I.— TOPOGRAPHICAL CLASSIFICATION. 



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

 Zoology, etc.] 



I.— MAIN DIVISIONS. 



a. The Earth as a whole. 



b. Land as a whole. 



c. Ocean as a whole.' 



d. Europe and Mediterranean Islands. 



€. Asia and Malay Archipelago, Celebes an 1 Timor inclusive. 



/. Africa and Madagascar. 



g. 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 Guiaea, 



Gilolo, and Moluccas to west, aud including the Solomon 



Islands, New Hebrides, and New Caledoaia to east. 

 k, Arctic : Greenland and the area noi-th of the Arctic Circle, or of 



the coasts of Continental A merica, Asia, and Europe, whichever 



is farther north. 

 I. 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. 45° S. ; 



on the west by the meridian 2J° 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 1 17° E. of Greenwich and the coast of 



South America. 

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



aud the southern parts of South America and New Zealand ; 



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



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

 continent to be classed a; Ocemic, uuless speclal'y exceptel. 



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