345 



Sq, Lea. 



North America 



Insulary 



South 



539,453 

 8,018 

 524,555 



1,072,026 



Mr. Hassel having published the detail of these calcula- 

 tions, it is easy to recognize the continental parts, which in 

 his estimations differ considerably from mine, made with a 

 more complete knowledge of the limits, and with maps rec- 

 tified by a great number of astronomical observations. In 

 North America, a space of 61,000 square leagues, between 

 the parallels of 35° and 42°, has been forgotten in the ac- 

 count, as is not hitherto comprehended in the territory of 

 Mexico and the United States. In South America, the area 

 of Buenos Ayres, Peru, and Brazil have been estimated 

 32,000 -f 3,000 + 77,000 =z 1 12,000 square leagues too little ; 

 and the area of Columbia and Chili 58,000 + 5,000 ~ 63,000 

 too great. Mr. Hassel by applying these corrections, would 

 find for North America, 601,000 square leagues ; for South 

 America, 573,000, and for the whole New Continent with 

 the West Indies, nearly as I have done, 1,182,000 square 

 leagues, 20 to a degree. 



The division of the Spanish colonies, or to speak with 

 more precision, of the countries inhabited and governed by 

 the Spanish Americans, north and south of the equator, is as 

 follows : 



On the continent of North Ameriea, comprehending the 

 Isthmus of Panama, square leagues : 95,170 



Population, 3,480,000. 

 In the Archipelago of the West Indies 4,430 



Population, 800,000. 

 On the continent of South America 271,780 



Population, 7,505,000, 



371,380 



