343 



Sq. Lea, 



II. Isthmus of Panama, and province of Ve- 



ragua 2,600 



III. Guatimala and New Spain together 92,570 



IV. The almost desert country which is not 



comprehended in the territory hitherto 

 claimed by the government of the Unit- 

 ed States, and that of New Spain, 

 namely, 1° on the west of Rio del Norte, 

 between New Mexico, Sonora, and New 

 California, from 35° to 42° of north la- 

 titude, from the port of San Francisco 

 as far as cape San Sebastian ; a surface 

 of 41,162 square leagues, washed by 

 the Rio Colorado : 2° on the east of the 

 Rio del Norte, between New Mexico, the 

 intendancies of Durango, and San Luis 

 Potosi, the territory of the Arkansas, 

 and the state of Missouri j a surface of 

 20,320 square leagues 61,482 



V. Territory of the United States 174,300 



VI. The whole space between the northern 



boundary of the United-States, and the 

 parallel of 68°, which passes, according 

 to the recent discoveries of Captain 

 Franklin, on the south of the Archipe- 

 lago of the Duke of York, by the capes 

 Mackenzie, Barrow and Croker. That 

 * immense territory comprehends the Eng- 

 lish possessions, Labrador, the country 

 of the Chipeways and Russian America, 

 (excluding Greenland, West Main, be- 

 yond the parallel of 68°, and Cumber- 

 land Island 276 38-3 



VII. Insulary America, according to the calcu- 



