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COMPARISON OF THE GREAT POLITICAL DIVISIONS 

 ARRANGED ACCORDING 

 TO THE ORDER OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EXTENT. 



America, from Cape Horn as far as the pa- 

 rallel of Melville's Sound, and Cape Barrow 

 (comprehending the West Indies and New- 

 foundland) 



Population, 34,284,000. By the square 

 marine league, 29. 



Russian empire 



Population, 54 millions. By the square 

 league, 87. 

 (Half-surface of the Moon, 614,768 square 

 leagues.) 



North America, from the south-east extremity 

 of the Isthmus of Panama, to 68° of north 

 lat. (the continental part only, without the 



West India islands ... 



Population, 19,650,000. By the square 

 league, 32. 



South America, on the south of the isthmus of 

 Panama, without the West India islands...... 



Population, 12,161,000. By the square 

 league, 21.' 



Asiatic Russia, taking Kara, and the moun- 

 tains Oural and Jaik for the western boun- 

 dary 



Population, 2 millions. By the square 

 league, 4. 



Chinese Empire, comprehending the new west- 

 ern possessions of Taschkent, Kokan, and 



Kogend 



Population, 175 millions. By the square 

 league, 377. 



Square Ma- 

 rine Leagues, 

 20 to a degree. 



