646 



THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



Distances Between European Cities. 



LONDON 

 LIVERPOOL 202 

 PARIS' 489 287 

 MADRID 908 1397 1195 

 LISBON 415 1323 1812 1610 



Greatest Altitude in Each State. 



FROM THE RECORDS OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



* Mt. St. Elias, supposed to be the highest point in Alaska, is now believed to be in Canadian territory, 

 are reports of mountains in Alaska far to the northwest higher than Mt. St. Elias, but not yet verified. 

 + Western end of Beaver County, Oklahoma, reaches 5,000 feet elevation. 



There 



All the Famous Diamonds. Follow- 

 ing is an accurate list of the largest diamonds 

 in the world : 



CARATS 



(UNCUT). 



1680 



367 



254 



194 

 139% 



410 



793% 



112 



136% 

 106 T V 

 86 



82y 4 



78 



67V 8 



53 



441/3 



40 



NAME. POSSESSOR. 



Braganza ............ King of Portugal . 



- ............ Rajah of Mattan. 



(Borneo.) 



Star of the South. . . 

 Orloff ................ Czar of Russia. 



Florentine ........... Empress Austria. 



- ........... King of Portugal. 



Pitt .................. King of Prussia. 



Koh-i-noor ........... Queen of Engl'nd. 



Shah ................. Czar of Russia. 



pigott ............. . Messrs. Rundell 



and Bridge. 

 Nassac ............... L'd Westminster. 



Blue .................. 



Sancy ................ Czar of Russia. 



Dudley .............. Earl of Du dley . 



Pacha of Egypt ..... Khed've of Eg'pt. 



Treasure Cost in Recent Wars. 



The cost of recent wars, according to figures 

 furnished by the London Peace Society, is as 

 follows : 



Crimean war $1 ,700.000,000 



Italian war, 1859 300,000.000 



American civil war North 4,700.000,000 



" " " South 2,300,000,000 



Schleswig-Holstein war 3>,000.000 



Austrian and Prussian war, 1866 330,000,000 



Expeditions to Mexico, Morocco, Para- 

 guay, etc. (say only) 200.000,000 



Franco-Prussian war 2,500.000,000 



Russian and Turkish war, 1877 1,100,000.000 



Zulu and Afghan wars, 1879 50,000,000 



13,265,000,000 



This would allow ($10 for every man, woman, 

 and child on the habitable globe, It would 

 make two railways all round the world at 

 $250,000 per mile each. 



