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INDEX TO GEOGRAPHY. 



Bombay, 99. 



Borneo, the island of, 101. 



Bosjemins, the, or Bushmen, 106. 



Bourbon, the island of, 107. 



Brandenburg, 83. 



Brazil, the empire of, area, population, and form 

 of government of, 116. 



Bremen, the free town of, 89. 



Britannia, subdivisions of, in the time of Constan- 

 tino the Great, 28. 



Brunswick, the duchy of, 87 ; railroads in, 90. 



Buchara, or Bokhara, 96. 



Bucharia, Great, 96. 



Buenos Ay res, 117. 



Bukovsdna, 81. 



Burgundy, political condition of, at the time of 

 Clovis, 33. 



Burmah, or Ava, 100. 



Butan, or Bhotan, 98. 



Calcutta, 99. 



Canada, area, population, form of government, 



and principal towns of, 109. 

 Canary islands, the, 53. 

 Cape Breton, 109. 

 Cape of Good Hope, the, extent, subdivisions, and 



population of, 106. 

 Cape de Verde islands, the, 107. 

 Capes, the principal, of Europe, 6 ; of Asia, 1 1 ; 



of Africa, 14 ; of America, 18 ; of Australasia, 



20. 

 Caribbean islands, the, 114. 

 Carinthia, the duchy of, 81. 

 Carolines, the, or New Philippines, 120. 

 Carpathian mountains, divisions and highest peaks 



of, 5. 

 Caucasus, the, 72, 94. 

 Celebes, 101. 

 Ceylon, the island of, 101. 

 Cevennes, the, 6. 

 Charlemagne, general data concerning the history 



and formation of the empire of, 32-34. 

 Chili, the republic of, 117. 

 China, area of, 97 ; population, religion, and 



government of, ib. ; provinces of, ib. ; tributary 



provinces and lands under the protection of, 



98. 

 Chokand, 96. 



Cilicia, divisions and principal towns of, 31. 

 Cisplatina, 118. 

 Cochin China, 100. 



Comorin, the, or Comoro islands, 107. 

 Compass, the Greek, 24. 

 Congo, 105. 

 Constantino the Great, extent of the Roman empire 



under, with an enumeration of the different pro- 

 vinces and towns, 24-32. 

 Constantinople, general description and topogra- 

 phy of, 133-135. 

 Cook's islands, 121. 

 Copenhagen, general description and topography 



of, 161, 162. 

 Cordilleras, the, 16. 

 Costa Rica, 113. 

 Crainia, the duchy of, 81. 

 Croatia, 81. 

 Crusades, the, outline of the geographical history 



of, 39-i2. 

 Cuba, area and population of, 113, 114. 

 Currents, oceanic, on the coast of Europe, 4, 5 ; 



on the coast of Africa, 13, 14; of America, 



16. 



164: 



Dacia, divisions of, in the time of Constantino, 29. 



Dalmatia, 81. 



Deccan, the, 99. 



Denmark, extent, area, and boundaries of, 65 ; 

 bays and straits of, ib. ; climate of, ib. ; pro- 

 ducts of, 65, 66 ; population of, 66 ; state of 

 religion and education in, ib. ; form of govern- 

 ment, revenues, and army and navy of, ib. ; 

 islands, appendages, and foreign possessions of, 

 ib. ; railroads in, 92. 



Deserts, the, of Asia, 11 ; of Africa, 14. 



Dominica, or Dominique, 114. 



Earth, the, shape, dimensions, and other mathe- 

 matical data respecting, 1-3 ; superficial con- 

 tents of, 3 ; the principal oceans of, and their 

 areas, 3, 4 ; principal divisions of the land of, 

 and their areas, 4 ; various ideas of the ancient 

 geographers respecting, 21-24. 



East India islands, the, 100, 101. 



East Indies. See Hindostan. 



Ecuador, the republic of, 115. 



Egypt, provinces and towns of, in the time of 

 Constantino, 30, 31 ; area and population of, 

 102 ; religion, government, and principal dis- 

 tricts of, ib. 



England, extent of, 61 ; mountains of, 61, 62 ; 

 rivers and canals of, 62 ; climate, and natural 

 and manufactured products of, 62, 63 ; state of 

 education, principal seminaries of learning in, 

 &c., 63 ; form of government, revenues, and 

 army and navy of, ib. ; counties and chief towns 

 of, 63, 64 ; foreign possessions and colonies of, 

 65. 



Eratosthenes, of Cyrene, the first to place geogra- 

 phy on a systematic basis, 22. 



Europe, extent, boundaries, area, &c., of, 4 ; prin- 

 cipal indentations of the coast of, ib. ; oceanic 

 currents on the coast of, 4, 5 ; principal mountains 

 of, 5, 6 ; promontories and capes of, 6 ; valleys, 

 plains, and lowlands of, 6, 7 ; principal rivers 

 of, 7, 8 ; principal lakes of, 8 ; largest islands 

 of, ib. ; explanation of the physical chart of, 8, 

 9 ; political divisions and summary of the his- 

 tory of the principal countries of, at various 

 epochs during the middle ages, 32 et seq. ; divi- 

 sions of, as they were constituted before the 

 French Revolution, 42-48 ; various races inha- 

 biting at the present day, 48 : present political 

 divisions of ib. ; the railroads of central, 89-93 ; 

 plans of the piincipal cities of, 123-172. 



Falkland islands, the, 118. 



Faroer, the, or Faroe islands, 66. 



Fejee islands, the, 121. 



Fez, area, population, form of government, and 

 principal towns of, 103. 



Finnland, 71. 



Florence, general description and topography of, 

 168-170. 



France, extent and boundaries of, 53 ; general 

 nature of the surface and chief mountain sys- 

 tems and plateaus of, ib. ; rivers of, with their 

 tributaries, 53, 54 ; climate and natural and 

 industrial products of, ib. ; population and races 

 of, ib. ; prevailing religion and iState of educa- 

 tion in, 55 ; political condition, revenues, and 

 army and navy of, ib. ; departments of, with 

 their capitals, 55, 56 ; foreign possessions of, 

 56 ; railroads in, 91, 92. 



Frankfurt on the Main, the free town of, 89 ; rail- 

 roads in, 89, 90. 



