AMERICA. 



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THE GRAND DIVISIONS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



NAMES. 



1 





Square 

 Miles. 



CHIEF TOWNS. 



Belongs to 



Length. 



Breadth. 



Names. 



Du>t. and bearing 

 fiomPhiladelphia 



New Britain 



18,00m. 



850m. 



1,000.000 



None 





Great Britain' 



Lower Canada 



800 



450 



250,000 



Quebec 



632m. N. E. 



Ditto 



Upper Canada 



1090 



525 



600.000 



York 



450 N. W. 



Ditto 



Nova Scotia 



307 



154 



14.000 



Halifax 



720 N. E. 



Ditio j 



New Brunswick 



210 



165 1 30,000 



St. John's 



768 N. E. 



Ditto 



Cape Breton 



109 



84 1 7,000 



Sydney 



880 N. E. 



Ditto j 

 Ditto 



United States j 

 Ditto 1 



St. John's 



100 



:$ | 5,000 | Charlnttetown 



923 N. E. 



New England 



626 



200 | 72000 | Boston 



382 N. E. 



New York 



340 



300 



52.125 



New York 



91 N. E. 



New Jersey 



160 



75 



8,320 



Trenton 



31 N. E. 



Ditto 



Pennsylvania 



310 



160 



49,000 



Philadelphia 



Lat. 39 57 N. 

 Lon.75 8Wfr.L. 



Ditto 



Oliio 



228 



227 



43,860 1 Cincinnati 600 W. 



Ditto j 



III'!: MM 



284 



155 



39,000 | Vincennes 815 W. 



Ditto 



IlliQon 



347 



206 



52.000 | Kaskaskia 961 W. 



Ditto 



Mi h ?a r i 



256 



154 



34.800 ) Detroit 637 N. W. 



Ditto 



Delav 



92 



34 ! 2.200 i Wilmington | 27 S. W. 



Ditto 

 Ditto 

 Ditto 

 Ditto 



M<ry!and 



212 



123 14 000 Baltimore 1 100 S. W. 



Vi gii.ia 



442 1 235 



70,500 Richmond 262 S W. 



Kentucky 



328 | 183 



40110 : Lexington 600 W. 



North Carolina 



472 | 188 



50,500 . Newbern 



420 S. 



Ditto 



Tennessee 



420 104 



4 .200 Knoxville 



677 S. W. 



Ditto 



So tii ( arolina 



236 210 



33.800 1 t hark ston 



701 S. 



Ditto 



Georgia 



305 1 259 



60,000 Savannah 



806 S. W. 



Ditto 

 Ditto 



Mis* (ripoi 



390 1 273 



88.680 Natchez 



1382 S. W. 



ouri 



1100 1 700 



800 000 | St. Louis 



1018 W. 



Ditto 



Louis, .m 



375 | 220 



40.000 i New-Orleans 



1597 S. W. 



Ditto 



Ea.t Florida 



475 



400 



52.000 ! St. Augustine 



980 S. W. 



Spain 



West Florida 



135 



90 



8,000 ! Fensacola 



1040 S. W. 



Ditto 



New Mexico ? 

 and California 5 



2000 



1400 



enn «„„ i Santa Fe 

 600.000 I St J(jan 



2747 W. 

 2500 S W. 



Ditto 



Mexico, or New 7 

 Spain J 



2000 



600 



318,000 1 Mexico 



3000 S. W. 



Ditto 



GRAND DIVISIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA. 



NAMES. 



1 

 Length. 



Breadth. 



Square 

 Miles 



1 

 Chief Towns. 



Distance and | 

 bearing from 

 London. 



Belongs to 



kr.r: Firraa i 1400 



700 



700,000 



Panama 



4650 S.W 



Spain 



Pen | 1300 



1400 



970.000 



Lima 



5520 S.W 



Ditto 



Amazonia, a very large country, but little known to the Europeans, 1200 miles long, and 960 broad. 



Guiana 



780 



480 



250,000 

 940 000" 



Surinam 

 Cayenne 



3840 S. W. 



ooocTs'w] 



Dutch 



French 



Portugal 



Bra-d 



2500 



700 



St. Sebastian 

 Buenos Ayres 



Parag. or La Plata 



1500 



1000 1,000,000 



6040 S. W. 



Spain — 



Chili 



1260 



580 

 300 



20C.000 1 St Jago 



6600 S. W. 



Ditto 



Terra Magellanica, ? 

 <<v Patagonia } 



1100 



300 000 i The Spaniards took possession of it, but did 

 ' | not think it worth while to settle there. 



