342 



COMPARISON OF THE GREAT POLITICAL DIVISIONS, 



Square Ma- 



ARRANGED ACCORDING 



rine Leagues, 



TO THE ORDER OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EXTENT. 



20 to a degree. 



Population, 660,000. By the square 





league, 537. 





Holland (the ancient Republic) 



900 



Population, 2,100,000. By the square 





league, 1330. 







640 



Population, 1,200,000. By the square 





league, 1874. 







186 



Population, 347,000. By the square 





league, 1865. 





This department and that of the Meurthe, 





furnish at the same time the mean extent, 





and population of a department of France, 





The estimate of the whole area of America is founded on 

 the following calculation ; 1 found in tracing the triangles 

 by maps on a great scale : — 

 I. South America, without comprehending sq. Leagues. 



the Isthmus of Panama 571,290 



Columbia (without Veragua, 



and without the Isthmus) 89,344 

 Peru, Chili, and Buenos 



Ayres, together 182,430 



Brazil 256,990 



English, Dutch, and French 



Guyana 11,320 



Patagonian lands, south of 



the Rio Negro 31,206 



571,290 



