In this Asian Atlas, of small dimensions as it requires to be to fit its pocket, Irkutsk in the north, "far Mandalay," the details of the East and West Indies, the route of Marco Polo, coasts like the Carnatic, towns like Lucknow and Cawnpore, Lhasa, "the Forbidden City" of Tibet, and Matsuye, the old capital of Idzumo, which Lafcadio Hearn describes, all have their record. It remains to be said, that as in other volumes of the same set, Dr. Bartholomew of Edinburgh has acted as cartographer; and the editor and publishers wish to acknowledge his large practical aid in the design of the atlas. Also, they owe a word of thanks to Mr. William Foster of the India Office for his expert advice.

Finally, they wish to dedicate the volume to the people and the princes of India, Japan, and the other countries of which it is a memorial, believing in their great future.

E. R.

CONTENTS

COLOURED MAPS

PAGE

The World according to Hecatæus, B.C. 500

[1]

The World according to Eratosthenes, B.C. 220

[2]

Quadrans Habitabilis according to Abu Rihan Birunensis,A.D. 1030

[3]

Egyptian Empire, B.C. 1450

[4]

Babylonian Empire, B.C. 560

[5]

Persian Empire at its greatest Extent, 525 B.C.

[6], [7]

Empire of Alexander the Great, 325 B.C.

[8], [9]

Asia Minor

[10], [11]

Palestine, Old Testament

[12]

Palestine, New Testament

[13]

Asia, Early Explorers

[14], [15]

Asia, Thirteenth Century

[16]

Asia, about 1740

[17]

India, 1705

[18]

India, 1765

[19]

India, 1805

[20]

India, 1857

[21]

The Far East, 1800

[22], [23]

Russian Advances in Central Asia

[24], [25]

The World on Mercator's Projection. Showing Routes toAsia

[26], [27]

Asia—Orographical

[28]

River Basins

[29]

January Temperature

[30]

July Temperature

[31]

January Rainfall

[32]

July Rainfall

[33]

Mean Annual Rainfall

[34]

Vegetation

[35]

Races

[36]

Religions

[37]

Population

[38]

Political

[39]

Economic Map of Asia on Mercator's Projection

[40], [41]

Trade Routes of Asia on Mercator's Projection

[42], [43]

Turkey in Asia, Arabia, Persia, Afghanistan, and Baluchistan

[44], [45]

Asia Minor, Syria, etc.

[46], [47]

Suez Canal

[48]

Aden

[49]

Orographical Central Asia, with Indian Frontiers

[50], [51]

Indian Empire

[52], [53]

Products of India

[54], [55]

Bombay, Berar, and part of Central India

[56], [57]

Punjab, Sind, Rajputana, Kashmir, etc.

[58], [59]

United and Central Provinces, Bengal, Assam, etc.

[60], [61]

Madras, Haidarabad, Mysore, and Ceylon

[62], [63]

Environs of Bombay

[64]

Environs of Calcutta

[65]

Orographical Farther India

[66]

Burma

[67]

Malay States

[68], [69]

Siam and Indo-China

[70], [71]

The Far East, Economic

[72], [73]

East Indies

[74], [75]

Java

[76]

Philippine Islands

[77]

Island of Singapore

[78]

Hong-Kong

[79]

China and Japan

[80], [81]

Northern China

[82], [83]

Southern China

[84], [85]

Environs of Peking and Shanghai

[86]

Environs of Hong-Kong and Manila

[87]

Japan

[88], [89]

Korea and Manchuria

[90]

Central Japan

[91]

Environs of Tokio

[92]

Environs of Port-Arthur and Nagasaki

[93]

Siberia

[94], [95]

Environs of Vladivostok

[96]

A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE COINAGES OF ASIA, Fromthe Earliest Times to the Present Day, by J. Allan,M.A., M.R.A.S.

[97]

LINE MAPS

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Battle of Sirangapatam, February 1792[130]
Battle of Assaye, September 1803[131]
Battle of Meanee, February 1843[131]
Battle of Aliwal, January 1846[132]
Battle of Sobraon, February 1846[132]
Indian Mutiny, showing Distribution of Troops, May 1857[133]
Aryan Languages of India[134]
Non-Aryan Languages of India[135]
Sites of Ancient Indian Temples[136], [137]
Military Divisions of India[138]
Delhi[139]
Lucknow[140]
Cawnpore[141]
Lahore[142]
Rangoon[143]
Lhasa, "The Forbidden City"[144]
A Gazetteer of Towns and Places in Asia having an Historic Interest[145]
Index[173]