And Gazetteer of the V^^orld 



CONTENTS. 



REFERENCE MAPS AND DIAGRAMS. 



I. FLAGS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. Frontispiece, 

 II. EUROPEAN FLAGS. 

 III. AMERICAN, ASIATIC, AND AFRICAN FLAGS. 



Plate So. 



PLATt- NO- 



1-2 



3-4 



5-6 



7-8 



10 



11-12 



13-14 



WORLD IN HEMISPHERES— PHYSICAL. 



Land HEMie^iuiERE. 



Water Hemisphere. 



7 sections aloxg varrous latitudes. 



THE BRITISH EMPIRE— SHOWING THE GREAT COM- 

 MERCIAL HIGHWAYS. 



Areas of the Empires of the World. 

 Populations of the Empires of the World, 



THE OLD WORLD^SHOWING BRITISH POSSESSIONS AND 

 TRADE routes- 

 Spanish and Portuguese Pos^sessions about 1500. 

 European Colomzation about 1650. 



THE NEW WORLD— SHOWING BRITISH POSSESSIONS AND 

 TRADE routes- 

 European Colomzation about 1800, 

 The Colonial Empires at the presi:nt time. 



north polar REGIONS— SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF 



exploration. 



Smith Sound, etc, 

 Spitzbergen. 

 Franz Josef Land. 



SOUTH POLAR REGIONS— SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF 

 EXPLORATION, 



South Shetlands, etc- 

 Victoria Land. 



THE ATLANTIC OCEAN— CABLES AND OCEAN DEPTHS. 



The Tides of the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of St, 



Lawrence. 

 West Indies — showing visiEiiLiTV of Land, ■ 



4 sections of the Atlantic Bed. 



EUROPE— GENERAL MAP- 

 Density of Population. 



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15-16 EUROPE -INDUSTRIES AND COMMUNICATIONS. 



17-18 THE BRITISH ISLES— PHYSICAL. 



Section from Cape Wrath to Beaciiy Head. 

 Section from Cape Clear to Flamborough Head. 



19-20 THE BRITISH ISLES— INDUSTRIES AND COMMUNICA- 

 TIONS. 

 Pastoral and Agricultural Regions, 



21-22 THE NORTH OF ENGLAND AND SOUTH SCOTLAND 



RAILWAY SYSTEMS. 



London Railways. 

 23-24 THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND— RAILWAY SYSTEMS. 



25-26 THE HOME COUNTIES AND THE EAST OF ENGLAND. 



London Docks. 

 Hull Docks, 

 Portsmouth. 

 Southampton. 

 Dover. 



27-28 THE WEST OF ENGLAND AND WALES, 



Manchester Ship Canal. 



Liverpool Docks. 



Cardiff. 



Barry. 



Bristol. 



Plymouth Sound, 



29 NORTHERN ENGLAND. 



Tynemouth. 

 Isle of Man. 

 Barrow-in-Furness. 



30 NORTH AND CENTRAL SCOTLAND— RAILWAY SYSTEMS. 



31-33 THE SCOTTISH LOWLANDS. 



Glasgow District, 



The Clyde 

 Edinburgh District, 



33-34 THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS, 



The Tay Ports. 



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NORTHERN SCOTLAND AND THE ORKNEYS, 



Shetland Islands. 



THE HEBRIDES OR WESTERN ISLES, 

 St. Kilda. 

 Tiree and Coll, 



37-38 IRELAND- RAILWAY SYSTEMS. 



The Irish Bogs. 



39-40 THE NORTH OF IRELAND, 



Belfast. 

 Dublin Bay. 



41 GALWAY AND THE WEST OF IRELAND, 



42 KILLARNEY AND SOUTH-WEST IRELAND. 



43 DUBLIN AND SOUTH-EAST IRELAND. 



44 TOWN plans- 



Central London, 



Edinhurgh, 



Dublin. 



45-46 FRANCE AND THE LOW COUNTRIES— INDUSTRIES AND 



COMMUNICATIONS. 



47-48 WESTERN FRANCE, 



Calais. 

 Le Havre. 

 Cherbourg- 

 Brest, 



Environs of Paris. 

 Fk^vnce — showing Provinces before 1789. 



49-50 EASTERN FRANCE. 



French Colonial Possessions. 



Corsica. 



Marseilles. 



51-52 BELGIUM AND LUXEMBURG, 



Brussels. 

 Antwerp. 

 Battlefields of Belgium. 



53-54 HOLLAND OR THE NETHERLANDS. 



Amsterdam. 



Dutch Colonial Possessions. 



55-56 GERMANY— INDUSTRIES AND COMMUNICATIONS, 

 57-58 WESTERN GERMANY- 



SCHLESWIG. 



59 60 EASTERN GERMANY. 



German Colonial Possessions. 



Hamburg. 



Environs of Berlin. 



The Rhine from Dusseldorf to Mainz. 



61-62 THE ALPS— PHYSICAL. 



View ok the Alps from Constance to Geneva as seen 



FROM THE North-West. 

 View of the Alps as seen from the South. 



63-64 WESTERN SWITZERLAND AND THE BERNESE OBER- 



LAND. 



Environs of Berne. 



65-66 EASTERN SWITZERLAND AND THE ENGADIN- 



TouRiST Route Map of Switzerland. 



67-68 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY- INDUSTRIES AND COMMUNICA- 

 TIONS. 



69-70 AUSTRIA AND WESTERN HUNGARY. 



Environs of Vienna. 

 Trieste, 



71 EASTERN HUNGARY AND GALICIA. 



72 THE AUSTRIAN TYROL, 



73-74 SPAIN AND PORTUGAL— INDUSTRIES AND COMMUNI- 

 CATIONS. 



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