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MOST NOTED ISLANDS OF THE WORLD—EASTERN HEMISPHERE
| Name and Sovereignty | Area Square Miles | Popula- tion | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balearic Islands (to Spain) | 1,935 | 326,000 | |||
| Borneo (to Britain and Holland) | 284,000 | 2,000,000 | |||
| Canary Islands (to Spain) | 2,807 | 420,000 | |||
| Candia, or Crete (to Turkey) | 3,365 | 243,000 | |||
| Cape Verde Islands (to Portugal) | 1,480 | 148,000 | |||
| Celebes (to Holland) | 71,470 | 2,000,000 | |||
| Ceylon (to Britain) | 25,332 | 3,595,000 | |||
| Corsica (to France) | 3,378 | 290,000 | |||
| Cyprus (to Britain) | 3,584 | 140,000 | |||
| Elba (to Italy) | 85 | 27,000 | |||
| England (Independent) | 88,729 | 40,835,000 | |||
| Formosa (to Japan) | 13,458 | 3,392,000 | |||
| Gothland (to Sweden) | 1,217 | 56,000 | |||
| Hainan (to China) | 16,000 | 2,000,000 | |||
| Iceland (to Denmark) | 39,756 | 86,000 | |||
| Ireland (to Britain) | 32,360 | 4,382,000 | |||
| Japan | - | Honshiu | 87,485 | 37,415,000 | |
| Khiushiu | 16,840 | 7,727,000 | |||
| Skikoku | 7,031 | 3,290,000 | |||
| Hokkaido (Yezo) | 36,299 | 1,140,000 | |||
| Java (to Holland) | 50,554 | 30,100,000 | |||
| Madagascar (to France) | 227,950 | 2,745,000 | |||
| Madeira Islands (to Portugal) | 314 | 150,600 | |||
| Malta (to Britain) | 117 | 229,000 | |||
| New Guinea See Papua. | |||||
| New Zealand (to Britain) | - | N. Island | 44,468 | 564,000 | |
| S. Island | 58,325 | 445,000 | |||
| Papua, or New Guinea (to Britain, Germany and Holland) | 313,183 | 710,000 | |||
| Philippines (to U. S.) | - | Luzon | 40,969 | 3,800,000 | |
| Mindanao | 36,292 | 500,000 | |||
| Panay | 4,611 | 744,000 | |||
| Cebu | 1,762 | 593,000 | |||
| Leyte | 2,722 | 358,000 | |||
| St. Helena (to Britain) | 47 | 3,520 | |||
| Sakhalin (Japan and Russia) | 29,000 | 30,000 | |||
| Sardinia (to Italy) | 9,306 | 854,000 | |||
| Sicily (to Italy) | 9,935 | 3,685,000 | |||
| Spitzbergen (to Norway) | 27,000 | … | |||
| Sumatra (to Holland) | 165,000 | 3,200,000 | |||
| Van Diemen, or Tasmania (to Britain) | 26,215 | 197,000 | |||
| Zanzibar (to Britain) | 640 | 115,000 |
MARVELS OF THE EARTH’S ROTATION, FORCES AND STRUCTURE
1. Midnight Sun Within the Arctic Circle. 2. The Geyser At Rest. 3. Picture Diagram of a Section through a Volcano like Vesuvius. 4. The Geyser in Action. 5. Section of the Earth’s Crust across France and Italy.
1. Precambrian or Archaean. 2. Cambrian and Ordovician. 3. Silurian. 4. Carboniferous Limestone. 5. Coal Measures. 6. Permian. 7. Trias. 8. Jurassic. 9. Chalk. 10. Tertiary. 11. Volcanic Rocks. 12. Glacial Deposits. 13. Granite. 14. Gneiss. 15. Schist. 16. Alluvium.
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