VI Illustrations 



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Mt. Paulof , Alaska Peninsula 192 



Henry Gannett 195 



George M. Dawson ... 197 



George Davidson 198- 



Map showing the Netherlands during the first century 219 



Diagram showing the Netherlands of today and the State of Ohio compared 22a 



Map showing successive enlargements of Haarlem I/ake 223 



Map showing Zeeland aboiit the year 1200 225 



Three diagrams showing the enlargement of one small mud flat to ten times its original 



size . . 226 



Forest growth on the Dunes 228 



The Dunes near Domburg, in the Province of Zeeland 229 



Diagram showing normal monthly precipitation in Amsterdam, Omaha, Sacramento, 



Washington 231 



Pile dikes for protection against marine erosion 232 



Flood chart showing condition of Holland without dikes 233 



Sir John Murray 239 



Relief sketch map of Eurasia — Lambert's projection 251 



Map — villes sur la surface du globe 252 



The continental core of Asia ' 253 



Map showing arid regions and closed basins of Asia 254 



Map showing the Mediterranean basin 255 



Map showing distribution of Atlantic and Pacific Coast types 256 



Map showing distribution of rainfall on earth's surface 258 



Map showing climatic divisions 259 



Map showing the vegetable kingdom 260 



Map showing " die morphologischen Hauptgebiete der Erde " 261 



Map showing the races of mankind before the European invasion 263 



Map showing the interrelation of the races 264 



Map showing trade routes from the ' East to Egypt 293. 



Map showing the Roman Empire 299 



Our guard of mounted Cossacks 301 



The mountains, looking northeastward from the Pass of Delijan 302 



The village of Semenovka 303 



At J^lenovka 304 



An Armenian household 305 



The ancient mosque at Erivan 306 



A study in rags " 306 



The village of Nijhi Akhty on the lava plain 307 



The village threshing floor at Jelenovka 308 



Joseph Le Conte 310 ' 



Map showing Mt. McKinley 312 



Alexander Graham Bell, DD. D 353 



W J McGee, LIv.D 354 



Gen. A. W. Greely, U. S. Army 355 



Hon. Seth L,ow , 356 



Lieut. Robert E. Peary 359 



Mrs. Josephine D. Peary 360 



Map showing the boundaries of territorial acquisitions. 375 



Diagram showing the percentage of native and foreign born in all States and Territories 



having at least one per cent of their population foreign born , , 384 



