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Title: The New York Tribune's history of the United States, from the discovery of America until the present time, with a pocket atlas of the world, containing colored maps of each state and territory in the United States, with statistics showing products and resources of the various states; also, maps of every country in the world
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Hassard, John R. G. (John Rose Greene), 1836-1888
Subjects: Atlases
Publisher: Chicago, Rand, McNally
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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. The empire has 8 universities, witii10,700 students. Of European Russia. 63 per cent, of the area is productive; 21 percent, is cultivated. Chief products, cereals; the crop of 1883, ex-clusive of Finland, was 1,671,012 tons ; potatoes, 447,875 tons; to-bacco, 119,200,000 lbs. Large areas are covered with forests ; valueof timber exported 1881, $49,200,000. Value of total exports ofRussian Empire, $308,898,000; imports, $283,396,000. Minerals areabundant; the mining population numbers 392,304. The total streui^th of the Russian army on a peace footing is 729.-770 men and 27,468 officers; war footing, 1,876,358 men and 41,551officers. The navy numbers 358 vessels, of 349,730 tons. In 1883, European Russia had 15,274 miles of railway, of which13,670 miles belonged to the state. Number of miles or telegraph.65,726. Postofflces, 4,586. The commercial navy, in 1883, consistedof 187 steamers, of 138,291 tons, and 2,155 Bailing vessels, of 477,072loue. ATLAS OF THE WORLD. 35 MAP OF RUSSIA.
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36 ATLAS OF THE WOULD. ASIA. Largest continental divieion of the globe, and oldest known inhistory. Area, 17,-241,533 square miles. Extends from ArcticOcean to equator, and through 165 degrees longitude; coast linenearly 40,000 miles. Divisions. Afghanistan .. Arabia Beloochistan..British India.. Ceylon China ChineseEmpire Corea India, Native... Japan Mancbooria.... Mongolia Nepaul Persia Russia Siam Syria Thibet 278,000 1,000,000 140,000 674,2^0 25,364 1,537.590 4,419;i50 82.000 509,28 i 148,456 362,310 288,000 53,000 610,000 6,479,235 280,564 146,070 651,500 Turkey 729.350 Area,Sq. Miles. Population, 2,500,000 6,000,000 1,000,000 198,755,993 2,822,009 350,000,000 371,180,000 16,227,885 55.150,456 36,700,118 12,000,000 2,000,000 3,000.000 7,653,600 16,195,165 5,750,000 2,750,000 6,000,000 16,172.981 Capitals. Kabul ...Mecca ... Kelat Calcutta..Colombo.Pckin.... Seoul Governed by Chiefs Tokio Saghalinoola Governed by Chiefs Khatmandu Teheran St. Petersburg Bangkok Damascus ( Lassa and

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