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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3THE WORLD. The world consists of five partsEurope, Asia, Africa, America, and Oceanica; the latter includes the islands in the Pacific Ocean and Australasia. Europe contains 240,000,000 of inhabitants; Asia, 500,000,000; Africa, 60,000,000; America, 50,000,000; and Oceanica, 20,000,000. EUROPE. MATHEMATICAL OBSERVATIONS. Europe is situated between 36 23' and 71 10' north latitude, and between 9 20' west, and 68 east longitude, exclusive of its islands. textit{Extent.Length, 3,400 miles; breadth, 2,400 miles; covering in square miles, 3,900,000. PHYSICAL FEATURES. OCEANS, SEAS, GULFS, ETC. Europe is watered by thirteen oceans or seas: The Arctic or Frozen Ocean, north; the Atlantic or Western Ocean, west; the Mediterranean Sea, south; White Sea, formed by the Frozen Ocean; Baltic; North Sea, or German Ocean; the Irish Sea, or St. George's Channel; the British Channel, all formed by the Atlantic;Ionian Sea; the Archipelago; Sea of Marmora; Black Sea; the Sea of Azof, or the Sea of Zabak, formed by the Mediterranean. The Arctic waters Russia, Lapland, and the north of Norway. The Atlantic waters Norway, the British Isles, France, Spain, and Portugal. The Mediterranean waters Spain, France, Italy, and Greece. The White Sea washes the shores of European Russia. The Baltic washes the shores of Russia, Poland, Prussia, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden. The North Sea waters Sweden, Denmark, part of Germany, the Netherlands, and Great Britain. The Irish Sea divides England from Ireland. The British Channel waters France and England. The Ionian Sea washes the Italian and Grecian shores. The Archipelago waters Greece and European Turkey, part of Asia, and contains several small islands. The Sea of Marmora laves the shores of European Turkey, and divides i...
