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THE NEW VOLUMES OF

THE

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

BRITANNICA

THE

NEW

VOLUMES OF THE

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

BRITANNICA

CONSTITUTING

IN COMBINATION WITH THE EXISTING VOLUMES OF THE NINTH EDITION

THE TENTH EDITION OF THAT WORK AND ALSO SUPPLYING

A NEW, DISTINCTIVE, AND INDEPENDENT

LIBRARY OF REFERENCE DEALING WITH RECENT EVENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS

THE

TENTH

OF

THE

NEW

VOLUMES,

BEING

VOLUME XXXIV OF

THE COMPLETE

MAPS

WORK

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© APR I0GJ

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PUBLISHED BY

‘THE TIMES’. PRINTING HOUSE SQUARE, LONDON

ADAM & CHARLES . BLACK, EDINBURGH & LONDON . MCMII1

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Copenhagen and Vicinity (inset) 25 ^ 55 Borneo 8 Abyssinia Corsica (inset) I 35 40 Bosphorus and Vicinity (inset) Afghanistan 120 67 Costa Rica 53 Boston and Vicinity, U.S. (inset) Africa (General Map) Crete (inset) 36 121, 122, 123, 124 56 Brazil 7 Africa, Central part Cuba II British Columbia 60 55 Africa, North-Eastern part H8 54 British Guiana 122 Danish West Indies Africa, North-Western part 48 Dardanelles and Vicinity (inset) 35 British North Borneo 57 Africa, Southern part Delaware, U.S 75 21 84 Brussels and Vicinity (inset) Alabama, Denmark 25 28 116 Budapest and Vicinity (inset) Alaska Detroit River, with Detroit, Mich., 64 Buenos Aires, Montevideo, and Alaska (inset) U.S. (inset) 06 Vicinity (inset) 124 116 Aleutian Islands (inset) District of Columbia, U.S. (inset) 75 54 Buffalo and the Niagara Falls 8 Algeria Dominica (inset) H District, N.Y., U.S. (inset) 71 21 Amsterdam and Vicinity (inset) ... 33 Dublin and Vicinity (inset) 16 20 Bulgaria Andorra Duluth and Vicinity, Minn., U.S. 43 117 Burma, Upper and Lower Antilles, Greater and Lesser (inset) 08 Calcutta and Vicinity (inset) 41 118 Antilles, Lesser (Large Scale Map) Dutch Guiana 123 114 39 California, Northern part Arabia 56 California, Southern part 115 East Africa, British 124 Argentina East Africa, German 56 59 110 Canada, Dominion of Arizona, U.S 56, 57 Canary Islands (inset) 20 East Africa, Portuguese . 86 Arkansas, U.S 57 East India Islands 48 . 38 Cape Colony Armenia Easter Islands, Pacific (inset) 121 57 Cape Town and Vicinity (inset) . 53 Ascension Island (inset) 122 53 Ecuador . 37 Cape Verde Islands (inset) Asia Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Country Carson City and Vicinity, Nev., U.S. 38 14 Asia Minor between (inset) 113 (inset) 37 55 Asiatic Russia Catskill Mountains, N.Y., U.S. (inset) 69 Egypt. Athens and Piraeus (inset) 36 52 48 Ellice Islands, Pacific Celebes Auckland and Vicinity (New Zealand) England : Eastern and East Midland 120 52 Central America (inset), Counties (Large Scale Map of) 8 44 Central Asia Australia ^9, 50 England: London and Vicinity 42 Ceylon 10 Australia, South-Eastern part (Large Scale Map) 13 Channel Islands (inset) (Victoria, New South Wales, and England : Northern Counties (Large Charleston and Vicinity, S.C., U.S. parts of South Australia and Scale Map of) 79 (inset) Queensland) England: Northern Counties (Large Chattanooga and Vicinity, Tenn., Austria (General Map) Scale Map of) 83 U.S. (inset) Austria, Western part England : South Midland and South94 Chicago and Vicinity, U.S. (inset) ... Azores Islands (inset) Eastern Counties (Large Scale Map Chickamauga National Park, Ga., Bahama Islands H-7 80 of) U.S. (inset) 35 Balkan Peninsula England: South-Western Counties 122 124 Chile ’ Baltimore and Vicinity, Md., U.S. and Channel Islands (Laige Scale 45 75 China, Eastern part 13 (inset) Map of) 44 Chinese Empire 43 Baluchistan England and Wales: West Midland Cincinnati and Vicinity, O., U.S. Barbados (inset) H8 Counties and North Wales (Large 91 (inset) 37 11 Bechuanaland Scale Map of) Cleveland and Vicinity, O., U.S. Belgium ,. 91 England and Wales: West Midland \ / I ^ *• a /T.n/rorp. Berlin and Vicinity (inset) 24 Counties and South Wales (Large 122 Colombia 12 Bermudas, The (inset) 117 Scale Map of) 109 Colorado, U.S. 2 Bolivia 68 Europe Connecticut, U.S. 3 Bombay and Vicinity (inset) 42 Europe, Central (Travel Map) 52 Ponin Islands, N. Pacific (inseri 46 Cook Islands, Pacific 8

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Faroe Islands, N. Atlantic (inset) ... 25 Fiji 52 Finland 33 Florida, U.S 81 France, Mediterranean Coast (inset) 18 France, North Central 19 France, Northern part 17 France, Southern part 18 France in Provinces before 1789 (inset) 17 Franz Josef Land 1 French Guiana 123 French Indo-China 43 French Kongo 56 French West Africa 54 Galapagos Islands, Pacific (inset) 121 Galveston Bay, Tex., U.S. (inset) ... 89 Georgia, U.S 80 German Empire, Eastern part 24 German Empire, Northern part 22 German Empire, South-Western part 23 Gibraltar (inset) 20 Gilbert Islands, Pacific 52 Glacier Bay (inset) 116 Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Country between (inset) 14 Greater Antilles 117 Greece 36 Greenland 1, 58, 59 Guadeloupe (inset) 118 Guam Island, Pacific (inset) 52 Guatemala 120 Guiana, British 122 Guiana, Dutch 123 Guiana, French 123 Guinea 54 Haiti 117 Hamburg and Vicinity (inse') 24 Hawaii 47 Holland 21 Honduras 120 Hongkong (inset) 44 Honolulu and Pearl Harbour (inset)... 47 Hudson River, N.Y., U.S. (inset) 69 Hungary 28 Iceland (inset) 25 Idaho, U.S 108 Illinois, Northern part, U.S 93 Illinois, Southern part, U.S 94 India, Eastern part 43 India, Northern part 41 India, Southern part 42 Indian Territory, U.S 106 Indiana, U.S 92 Indo-China, French 43 Iowa, U.S 101 Ireland 16 Isle of Man (inset) 6 Isthmus of Panama (inset) 121 Italy (General Map) 30 Italy, Central and Southern part ... 32 Italy, Northern part 31 Jacksonville and Vicinity, Fla., U.S. (mset) 81

Jamaica 118 Japan 46 Java 48 Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, and Vicinity, N.J., U.S. (inset) 72 Jerusalem, Modern (inset) 39 Johannesburg and Vicinity (inset)... 57 Kamerun 54, 56 Kansas, U.S 105 Kansas City and Vicinity, Mo., U.S. (inset) 103 Kentucky, U.S 82 Key West, Fla., U.S. (inset) 81 Kongo, French 56 Kongo Free State 56 Korea 46 Kristianiafjord and Vicinity (inset) 26 Kurdistan 38 Kurile Islands (inset) 46 Ladrone or Marianne Islands, Pacific (inset) 52 Ladysmith and Vicinity (inset) 57 Lesser Antilles 118 Liberia 54 Liechtenstein, Principality of 27 Liu-kiu Islands and Formosa (inset) 46 Liverpool and Vicinity (inset) 4 Liverpool, Manchester, and Vicinity (inset) 4 London, Vicinity of (Large Scale Map) 10 London and Vicinity (inset) 5 Los Angeles and Vicinity, Cal., U.S. (inset) 115 Louisiana, U.S 87 Low Archipelago, Pacific 52 Loyalty Islands, Pacific 52 Luxemburg, Grand-Duchy of 21 Mackinac, Straits of, Mich.,U.S. (inset) 95 Madagascar (inset) 56 Madeira Islands (inset) 20 Maine, U.S 65 Malay Peninsula (inset) 42 Malaysia 48 Manchuria 44 Manila and Vicinity (inset) 47 Manitoba 60 Marquesas Islands, Pacific 52 Marseille, Vicinity of (inset) 18 Marshall Islands, Pacific 52 Martinique (inset) 118 Maryland, U.S 75 Massachusetts, U.S 67 Mauritius (inset) 53 Melanesia 48 Melbourne and Port Phillip (inset)... 50 Mesopotamia 38 Mexico H9 Michigan, Northern part, U.S 95 Michigan, Southern part, U.S 96 Milwaukee and the Waukesha Lake Region, Wis., U.S. (inset) 97 Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minn.,

Minnesota, U.S 98 Mississippi, U.S 85 Missouri, Northern part, U.S 103 Missouri, Southern part, U.S 104 Montana, U.S 107 Montenegro 35 Montevideo, Buenos Aires, and Vicinity (inset) 124 Montreal and Vicinity (inset) 62 Morocco 54 Mount Desert Island, Me., U.S. (inset) 65 Naples and Vicinity (inset) 32 Natal 57 Nebraska, U.S 102 Netherlands 21 Nevada, U.S 113 New Brunswick 63 New Guinea 48 New Hampshire, U.S 66 New Hebrides Islands, Pacific 52 New Jersey, U.S 72 New Mexico, U.S 110 New Orleans and Vicinity, La., U.S. (inset) 87 New South Wales 50 New York, Eastern and Northern parts, U.S 70 New York, Southern part, U.S 69 New York, Western part, U.S 71 New York City and Vicinity, U.S. (inset) 69 New Zealand 52 Newfoundland (inset) 63 Newport, R.I., U.S. (inset) 68 Niagara Falls District, U.S. (inset)... 71 Nicaragua 120 Nicaragua, Lake and Canal (inset)... 120 Nigeria 54 Nile Delta and Suez Canal (inset) ... 55 Norfolk and Vicinity, Va., U.S. (inset) 76 North America 58 North Carolina, U.S 78 North Dakota, U.S 99 North-West Territories of Canada 60 Norway 26 Nova Scotia 63 Oceanica 49 Ohio, Northern part, U.S 90 Ohio, Southern part, U.S 91 Oklahoma, U.S 106 Omaha and Vicinity, Neb., U.S. (inset) 102 Oman, Arabia 39 Ontario 61 Orange River Colony 57 Oregon, U.S 112 Pacific Ocean, Islands of 52 Palestine, Modern (inset) 39 Panama, Isthmus of (inset) 121 Paraguay 124 Paris and Vicinity (inset) 17 Peking, Tientsin, and Vicinity (inset) 44

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Pennsylvania, Eastern part, U.S. ... 73 Pennsylvania, Western part, U.S. ... 74 Persia 40 Peru 122 Philadelphia and Vicinity, U.S. (inset) 73 Philippine Islands 47, 48 Pittsburg, Allegheny, and Vicinity, Pa., U.S. (inset) 74 Poland 33, 34 Port Phillip and Melbourne (inset)... 50 Porto Rico 117, 118 Portugal 20 Prince Edward Island 63 Quebec 62 Quebec City and Vicinity (inset) 62 Queensland 50 Reunion Island (inset) 53 Rhode Island, U.S 68 Rhodesia 56 Richmond, Petersburg, and Vicinity, Va., U.S. (inset) 76 Rio de Janeiro and Vicinity (inset) 123 Rochester and Vicinity, N.Y., U.S. (inset) 71 Rome and Vicinity (inset) 30 Rumania 35 Rumelia, Eastern 35 Russia, Southern and Western parts 34 Russia in Asia 37 Russia in Europe 33 Sahara 54, 55 Saint Augustine and Vicinity, Fla., , U.S. (inset) 81 Saint Clair River and Vicinity, Mich., U.S. (inset) 96 Saint Helena Island (inset) 53 Saint John Island, West Indies (inset) 118 Saint Louis and Vicinity, Miss., U.S. (inset) 103 St. Mary’s River and Vicinity, Mich., U.S. (inset) 95 Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minn., U.S. (inset) 98 Saint Petersburg and Environs (inset) 34 Saint Thomas Island, West Indies (inset) 118 Salt Lake City and Vicinity, Utah, U.S. (inset) 113

Salvador 120 Samoa 52 Samos, iEgean Sea 36 San Diego and Vicinity, Cal., U.S. (inset) 115 San Francisco and Vicinity, U.S. (inset) 114 San Marino, Italy 31 Santiago, Valparaiso, and Vicinity (inset) 124 Santo Domingo 117 Sarawak 48 Sardinia 30 Savannah and Vicinity, Ga., U.S. (inset) 80 Scilly Isles (insets) 5,13 Scotland 14 Scotland, Central and Southern parts 15 Servia 35 Shetland Islands (inset) 14 Siam 43 Siberia 37 Sicily (inset)... 32 Sitka, Glacier Bay, and Vicinity (inset) 116 Society Islands, Pacific 52 Solomon Islands, Pacific 52 Somali Coast Protectorate, British 55 Somaliland, Italian 55, 56 South America (General Map) 121 South America, Eastern part 123 South America, North-Western part 122 South America, Southern part 124 South Australia 50 South Carolina, U.S 79 South Dakota, U.S. 100 South-West Africa, German 57 Spain 20 Spanish Sahara 54 Spitzbergen 1 Stockholm and Vicinity (inset) 26 Straits Settlements (inset) 42 Sudan 54, 55 Suez Canal and Nile Delta (inset) ... 55 Sulphur Islands, Pacific (inset) 46 Sumatra 48 Sweden 26 Switzerland 27 Sydney and Vicinity (inset) 50

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Syria 38 Tampa Bay, Fla., U.S. (inset) 81 Tasmania (inset) 50 Tennessee 83 Texas, Eastern part 88 Texas, Western part 89 Togo 54 Tonga, or Friendly Islands, Pacific 52 Toronto and Vicinity (inset) 61 Trans-Caucasia, Russian 38 Transvaal Colony 57 Travel Map, Europe 3 Trinidad (Large Scale Maps) 118, 121 Trinidad, Brazil (inset) 121 Tripoli 55 Tubuai Islands, Pacific 52 Tunis 54 Turkey in Asia 38 Turkey in Europe 35 Union or Tokelau Group, Pacific 52 United States of America 64 Uruguay 124 Utah, U.S 113 Valparaiso, Santiago, and Vicinity (inset) 124 Venezuela 122 Venice and Vicinity (inset) 30 Vermont, U.S 66 Victoria 50 Vienna and Vicinity (inset) 29 Virginia, U.S 76 Wales, North 11 Wales, South 12 Washington, U.S Ill Washington, D.C., U.S. (inset) 75 Waukesha Lake Region, Wis., U.S. (inset) 97 West Africa, Portuguese 56 West Indies 117, 118 West Virginia, U.S 77 Western Australia 50 Wisconsin, U.S 97 World, on Mercator’s Projection 1 Wyoming, U.S 108 Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., U.S. (inset) 108 Yosemite National Park, Cal., U.S. (inset) H5 Yosemite Valley, Cal., U.S. (inset) ... 114

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