ALDEN'S
HANDY ATLAS
OF THE
WORLD.
INCLUDING
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT
COLORED MAPS, DIAGRAMS,
TABLES, ETC.
NEW YORK:
JOHN B. ALDEN, PUBLISHER.
1888.
BRILLIANT BOOKS.
The following are A FEW TITLES and prices from my catalogue of standard books:
Alden's Cyclopedia of Universal Literature, publishing in 15 volumes, of about 500 pages each; per volume, paper, 30c.; cloth, 50c.; half Morocco, 60c.
American Patriotism: Famous Orations and Patriotic Papers; cloth 50c., half Morocco 70c.
Ancient Classics for English Readers; 27 volumes; each, paper, 10c.; cloth, 20c. Also bound in 9 vols., half Russia, each 50c.
Argyll's Reign of Law, cloth, 60c.; Unity of Nature, 60c.; Primeval Man, 35c.; the three in one volume, cloth, $1.00.
Bacon's Essays, complete; paper 12c., cloth 25c.
Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress; paper 8c., cloth 20c. and 30c.
Chambers's Cyclopedia of English Literature; 8 volumes in cloth, $2.00.
Chinese Classics: The Works of Confucius and Mencius, translated; cloth 75c.
Classic Comedies, by Goldsmith, Sheridan, and Jonson; cloth 40c., half Morocco 60c.
Classic Prose Wonder-Book; 900 large octavo pages, richly bound. $1.50.
Confessions of St. Augustine; translated, cloth, 50c.
Creasy's Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World; cloth, 40c.
De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium Eater; cloth, 20c.
Doré's Bible Gallery of Illustrations and Stories; reduced from $5.00 to $1.25.
Doré's Milton's Paradise Lost; text complete, with 52 cartoons, $1.25.
Durfee's Poetical Concordance to the principal Poets of the World; cloth, gilt edges, $1.00.
Emerson's Essays, 2 volumes; each, cl., 40c.; half Morocco, 60c.
Emerson's Nature, Etc.; cloth 35c., half Morocco 50c.
Famous Warriors: Lives of Hannibal, Cæsar, and Cromwell, by famous authors; each, paper, 8c.; all in one vol., cloth, 40c.
Farrar's Seekers after God; cloth, 35c.
—— Lectures, Addresses and Essays; cloth 35c., half Morocco 50c.
Geikie's Hours with the Bible; 6 vols., illustrated; reduced in price from $1.50 per vol. to 45c. in cl., or 60c. in half Morocco.
—— Life and Words of Christ; reduced in price from $8.00 to 45c. for cloth, or 60c. for half Morocco.
John B. Alden, Publisher, 393 Pearl St., New York.
Copyright, 1885 and 1886, by Rand, McNally & Co.
INDEX
TO
Maps and Descriptive Matter.
PAGE PAGE Abyssinia 51 Maryland 101 Afghanistan 45 Massachusetts 87 Africa 47 Mexico 77 Alabama 115 Michigan 137 Alaska 75 Minnesota 143 Algeria 49 Mississippi 117 Anam 39, 40 Missouri 125 Andorra 23, 24 Montana 163 Arabia 37, 41 Montenegro 27, 30 Argentine Republic 189, 191 Mozambique 53 Arizona
INDEX
TO
Diagrams and Tables.
Agriculture, Persons Engaged in 114 Agricultural Products of Mexico 76 Angora Hair Exported by Cape Colony, Value of 46 Area and Population of African Countries 46 Area and Population of Asiatic Countries 36 Area and Population of Central America 174 Area and Population of European Countries 8 Area and Population of German States 18 Area and Population of Mexico 76 Area and Population of Oceania 59 Area and Population of South American Countries 181 Area and Population of West Indies 174 Barley, Average Annual Product of 82 Boots and Shoes Manufactured, Value of 86 Butter Product, 1880, Value of 172 Cattle in Territories, Value of 160 Cheese Product, 1880, Value of 92 Cheese Product in Territories, 1880, Value of 158 Cloth Manufactured in the Southern States 116 Cocoa Exported by Venezuela, Value of 181 Coffee Exported by Brazil, Value of 181 Coffee Exported by Venezuela, Value of 181 Coffee Imported by Europe 8 Copper Ingots, Amount of, Produced in Southern States 106 Copper Ingots, Annual Product of 156 Corn Crop, 1870 to 1880, Increase in 104 Corn, Increase in Acreage of 146 Cotton Exported by Brazil, Value of 181 Cotton Manufactures per 1,000 Population, Capital Invested in 88 Crop Productions of Australasia 59 Diamonds Exported by Brazil, Value of 181 Diamonds Exported by Cape Colony, Value of 46 Exports of Africa 46 Exports of