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of the Bureau des longitudes, to estimate by 

 precise methods the extent of the surface of the 

 various states of America. We made use of 

 maps, on which the limits had been corrected, 

 according to the statements published in my 

 Recueil d 1 Observations astronomiques. Our 

 scales were in general sufficiently large, not to 

 neglect spaces from four to five leagues square. 

 We observed this degree of precision, that we 

 might not add the uncertainty of the measure of 

 triangles, trapeziums, and the sinuosities of the 

 coasts, to that of the uncertainty of geographical 

 statements. 



GREAT POLITICAL DIVISIONS. 



SURFACE 



in square leagues 

 of 20 to an 

 equinoxial 

 degree. 



POPULATION. 



(1823). 



I. Possessions of the Spanish Ame- 

 ricans 



371,380 

 75,830 

 16,740 

 4,430 

 33,700 



58,250 

 41,420 

 14,240 

 126,770 



16,785000 

 6,800000 

 1,600000 

 800000 

 785000 



2,000000 

 1,400000 

 1,100000 

 2,300000 



Mexico or New Spain . ... 



Guatimala \ 



Cuba and Portorico 



Columbia < New Grenada 

 ( and Quito 



Chili 



Buenos Ayres 



II. Possessions of the Portuguese 

 Americans ( Brazil) 



256,990 



4,000000 



III. Possessions of the Anglo- 

 americans (United States) ... 



174,300 



10,220000 



