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Transcriber’s Note:
The spelling of place-names has been retained as in the original, except where clearly incorrect (e.g., “Leece, Italy” has been corrected to “Lecce, Italy”) or inconsistent within the book (e.g., “Chili” has been conformed to “Chile”). In the list of [Principal Cities of the World], duplicate place-names with different population figures have been retained as in the original. Pop-up transcriber’s notes are indicated by red dotted underlining, like this.

PEOPLE’S
HANDY ATLAS
OF THE
WORLD

(1910 CENSUS EDITION)

Containing over 100 Specially Engraved Maps, Diagrams
and Thousands of Indexed Entries of Towns,
and Countries with Populations from the
1910 U.S. Federal Census and
other Latest Sources for
Foreign Places

Edited and Published by
THE GEOGRAPHICAL PUBLISHING CO.
CHICAGO
COPYRIGHT 1911, BY
THE GEOGRAPHICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO

TABLE OF MAPS

PAGE
Abyssinia[86]
Aden[86]
Afghanistan[86]
Africa[84]
Alabama[45]
Alaska[69]
Alberta[19]
Algeria[85]
Anam[83]
Andorra[80]
Antarctic Exploration[17]
Antilles[74]
Arabia[86]
Arctic Exploration[16]
Argentina[77]
Arizona[60]
Arkansas[50]
Armenia[81]
Ascension Island[84]
Ashanti[85]
Asia[82]
Asia Minor[86]
Atlantic Ocean[11]
Australia[88]
Austria[80]
Austria-Hungary[80]
Azores Islands[85]
Bahama Islands[74]
Baker Island[72]
Baluchistan[86]
Barbados[74]
Barbary States[85]
Barka[85]
Basutoland[87]
Bavaria[80]
Bechuanaland[87]
Belgium[80]
Bermuda Islands[18]
Bhutan[83]
Bokhara[82]
Bolivia[76]
Borneo[82]
Brazil[76]
British Central Africa[87]
British Columbia[19]
British East Africa[87]
British Empire[80]
British Guiana[76]
British Honduras[73]
British North Borneo[82]
British Somali[86]
British South Africa[87]
British West Africa[85]
British West Indies[74]
Brunei[82]
Bulgaria[80]
Burma[83]
California[68]
Cambodia[83]
Canada[19]
Canary Islands[85]
Candia[80]
Cape Colony[87]
Cape Verde Islands[84]
Celebes Island[82]
Central America[73]
Ceylon[86]
Channel Islands[80]
Chile[77]
Chinese Empire[83]
Cochin-China[83]
Colombia[76]
Colorado[58]
Comoro Islands[84]
Connecticut[27]
Cook Islands[89]
Corfu Island[78]
Corsica Island[80]
Costa Rica[73]
Crete[80]
Cuba[74]
Cyprus Island[82]
Dahomey[85]
Danish West Indies[74]
Date Line[11]
Delaware[31]
Denmark[79]
District of Columbia[31]
Dutch Borneo[82]
Dutch East Indies[82]
Dutch Guiana[76]
Dutch West Indies[74]
East Indies[82]
Ecuador[76]
Egypt[86]
Egyptian Sudan[85]
England[80]
Eritrea[86]
Europe[78]
Falkland Islands[77]
Faroe Islands[78]
Federated Malay States[82]
Fernando Po[85]
Figi Islands[89]
Florida[44]
Formosa Island[83]
France[80]
French East Africa[86]
French Guiana[76]
French Guinea[85]
French India[82]
French Indo-China[83]
French Kongo[87]
French Oceania[89]
French Somaliland[86]
French West Africa[85]
French West Indies[74]
Friendly Islands[89]
Galapagos Islands[76]
Gambia[85]
Georgia[43]
German China[83]
German East Africa[87]
German Empire[80]
German Oceania[89]
German Southwest Africa[87]
Gibraltar[80]
Gilbert Islands[89]
Goa[82]
Gold Coast[85]
Great Britain[80]
Greater Antilles[74]
Greece[80]
Greenland[18]
Guam Island[70]
Guatemala[73]
Guiana, British[76]
Guiana, Dutch[76]
Guiana, French[76]
Guianas, The[76]
Guinea, French[85]
Guinea, Portuguese[85]
Haiti[74]
Hawaiian Islands[72]
Herzegovina[80]
Holland[80]
Holy Land[86]
Honduras[73]
Honduras, British[73]
Hongkong Colony[83]
Hongkong Island[83]
Howland Island[72]
Hungary[80]
Iceland[79]
Idaho[64]
Illinois[38]
India[82]
Indiana[35]
Indo-China[83]
Isle de France[87]
International Date Line[11]
Iowa[52]
Ireland[80]
Italian Somaliland[86]
Italy[80]
Ivory Coast[85]
Jamaica[74]
Japan[83]
Java[11]
Jolo Archipelago[70]
Kamerun[85]
Kansas[57]
Kentucky[39]
Khiva[82]
Keauchau[83]
Kongo Free State[87]
Kongo, French[87]
Korea[83]
Kuria Muria Islands[82]
Kurile Islands[83]
Labrador[19]
Ladrone Islands[83]
Lagos Colony[85]
Lagos Protectorate[85]
Laos[83]
Lesser Antilles[74]
Liberia[85]
Liechtenstein[80]
Loango[87]
Louisiana[47]
Louisiade Archipelago[88]
Low Archipelago[89]
Loyalty Islands[11]
Luxemburg[80]
Luzon Island[70]
Macao[83]
Madagascar Island[87]
Madeira Islands[85]
Maine[22]
Malay Peninsula[82]
Malay States[82]
Maltese Islands[80]
Manitoba[19]
Mariana Islands[83]
Maritime Canal[14]
Marquesas Islands[89]
Marshall Islands[89]
Maryland[31]
Massachusetts[25]
Mauritius[87]
Mayotta[87]
Melanesia[89]
Mexico[73]
Michigan[36]
Micronesia[89]
Minnesota[53]
Miquelon Islands[19]
Mississippi[46]
Missouri[51]
Molucca Archipelago[11]
Monaco[80]
Montana[63]
Montenegro[80]
Morocco[85]
Natal[87]
Nairgators Islands[72]
Nebraska[56]
Nepal[83]
Netherlands[80]
Nevada[67]
New Brunswick[19]
New Caledonia Islands[11]
Newfoundland[19]
New Guinea, British[82]
New Guinea, Dutch[82]
New Guinea, German[82]
New Guinea Island[82]
New Hampshire[23]
New Hebrides Islands[89]
New Jersey[29]
New Mexico[59]
New South Wales[88]
New York[28]
New Zealand[88]
Nicaragua[73]
Nigeria[85]
North America[18]
North Carolina[41]
North Dakota[54]
Northeast Africa[86]
North Polar Regions[16]
Northwest Africa[85]
Northwest Territories[19]
Norway[79]
Nova Scotia[19]
Nova Zembla[78]
Nowlands Island[72]
Obock[86]
Oceania[89]
Ohio[34]
Oklahoma[49]
Oman[86]
Ontario[19]
Orange River Colony[87]
Oregon[66]
Pacific Ocean[11]
Palaos[82]
Palestine[82]
Panama[15]
Panama Canal[14]
Papua[11]
Paraguay[76]
Pelews Islands[82]
Pennsylvania[30]
Pernim Island[86]
Persia[86]
Peru[76]
Philippine Islands[70]
Polar Regions[16]
Polynesia[89]
Port Arthur[83]
Porto Rico[71]
Portugal[80]
Portuguese China[83]
Portuguese East Africa[87]
Portuguese East Indies[11]
Portuguese Guinea[85]
Portuguese India[82]
Portuguese West Africa[85]
Prince Edward Island[19]
Prussia[80]
Quebec[19]
Queensland[88]
Reunion Island[87]
Rhode Island[26]
Rhodesia[87]
Rio Muni[87]
Roumania[80]
Roumelia, Eastern[80]
Russia in Asia[82]
Russia in Europe[81]
Russian Turkestan[81]
Sahara[85]
St. Helena Island[87]
St. Pierre Islands[19]
Salvador[73]
Samoan Islands[72]
San Marino[80]
Santo Domingo[74]
Sarawak[82]
Saskatchewan[19]
Saxony[80]
Scotland[80]
Senegal[85]
Servia[80]
Shetland Islands[79]
Siam[83]
Siberia[82]
Sierra Leone Colony[85]
Society Islands[89]
Sokotra[82]
Solomon Islands, British[11]
Solomon Islands, German[11]
Somaliland[86]
Southern Africa[87]
South African Republic[87]
South America[75]
South Australia[88]
South Carolina[42]
South Dakota[55]
South Georgia Islands[77]
South Polar Regions[17]
Spain[80]
Spanish Central Africa[87]
Spanish Northwest Africa[85]
Straits Settlements[82]
Sudan, Egyptian[85]
Sudan, French[85]
Sulu Island[70]
Sumatra[82]
Swaziland[87]
Sweden[79]
Switzerland[80]
Tahiti Islands[89]
Tasmania[88]
Tennessee[40]
Texas[48]
Tibet[83]
Timor Archipelago[11]
Togoland[85]
Tonga Islands[89]
Tonkin[83]
Transvaal Colony[87]
Trinidad[74]
Tripoli[85]
Tunisia[85]
Turkestan, Chinese[82]
Turkestan, Russian[81]
Turkey in Asia[81]
Turkey in Europe[80]
Turkish Empire[82]
Ungava[19]
United Kingdom, Great Britain and Ireland[80]
United States of America[20]
Uruguay[77]
Utah[61]
Vaal River Colony[87]
Venezuela[76]
Vermont[24]
Victoria[88]
Virginia[32]
Wadai[86]
Wake Island[72]
Wales[80]
Washington[65]
Western Australia[88]
Western Islands[85]
West Indies[74]
West Virginia[33]
Westward Islands[72]
Wisconsin[37]
World, The[11]
Wurttemberg[80]
Wyoming[62]
Yukon[19]
Zanzibar[87]
Zululand[87]
SPECIAL FEATURES.
[Flags of all Nations][12], [13]
[Relief Map of Panama][15]
[Panama Canal][14]
[Description of Canal][14]
[Polar Explorations][16], [17]
[Territorial Growth of U.S.] (map)[90]
[Comparative Sizes of U.S. and Possessions][91]
[U.S. Proportion of Improved Land][92]
[U.S. Average Size of Farms][92]
[U.S. Value of Farm Land][93]
[U.S. Value of Farm Products, by States][93]
[U.S. Value of Farm Products][94]
[U.S. Production of Tobacco][94]
[U.S. Production of Wheat][95]
[U.S. Production of Oats][95]
[U.S. Production of Rye][96]
[U.S. Production of Barley][96]
[U.S. Production of Corn][97]
[U.S. Production of all Grains][97]
[U.S. Production of Hay and Forage][98]
[U.S. Value of Cheese, Butter and Condensed Milk][98]
[U.S. Number of Neat Cattle][99]
[U.S. Value of Leather][99]
[U.S. Number of Horses, Mules and Asses][100]
[U.S. Number of Swine][100]
[U.S. Number of Sheep][101]
[U.S. Value of Woolen Goods][101]
[U.S. Production of Potatoes][102]
[U.S. Production of Cotton][102]
[Mean Annual Rainfall in the U.S.][103]
[Conservation of U.S. Forests] (map)[104, 105]
[Irrigation Projects in the U.S.][104, 105]
[Lines of Equal Precipitation][104, 105]
[Land Elevation and Ocean Depths][106]
[Relative Sizes of the U.S. and European Powers][107]
[Races of Man] (map)[108]
[Commercial Languages] (map)[109]
[Forms of Government] (map)[110]
[Time at the Principal Cities when Noon at Washington][111]
[Principal Cities of the United States], 1910 Census[112 to 117]
[Principal Cities of the World] (latest sources)[117 to 124]

RESUME OF 1910 CENSUS, SHOWING NATIONAL GROWTH

Increase
1900 to 19101890 to 1900
1910.1900.1890.Number.Per cent.Number.Per cent.
United States (exclusive of Philippine islands)91,954,435[*77,256,630]62,979,766............14,276,86422.7
Continental U.S.91,972,26775,994,57562,947,714............13,046,86120.7
Alabama2,138,0931,828,6971,513,401309,39616.9315,29620.8
Arizona204,354122,93188,24381,42366.234,68839.3
Arkansas1,574,4491,311,5641,128,211262,88520.0183,35316.3
California2,377,5491,485,0531,213,398892,49660.1271,65522.4
Colorado799,024539,700413,249259,32448.0126,45130.6
Connecticut1,114,756908,420746,258206,33622.7162,16221.7
Delaware202,322184,735168,49317,5879.516,2429.6
Dist. of Columbia331,069278,718230,39252,35118.848,32621.0
Florida752,615528,542391,422224,07742.4137,12035.0
Georgia2,609,1212,216,3311,837,353392,79017.7378,97820.6
Idaho325,594161,77288,548163,822101.373,22482.7
Illinois5,638,5914,821,5503,826,352817,04116.9995,19826.0
Indiana2,700,8762,516,4622,192,404184,4147.3324,05814.8
Iowa2,224,7712,231,8531,912,297[†7,082][†0.3]319,55616.7
Kansas1,690,9491,470,4951,428,108220,45415.042,3873.0
Kentucky2,289,9052,147,1741,858,635142,7316.6288,53915.5
Louisiana1,656,3881,381,6251,118,588274,76319.9263,03723.5
Maine742,371694,466661,08647,9056.933,3805.0
Maryland1,294,4001,188,0441,042,390106,3569.0145,65414.0
Massachusetts3,366,4162,805,3462,238,947561,07020.0566,39925.3
Michigan2,810,1732,420,9822,093,890389,19116.1327,09215.6
Minnesota2,075,7081,751,3941,310,283324,31418.5411,11133.7
Mississippi1,797,1141,551,2701,289,600245,84415.8261,67020.3
Missouri3,293,3353,106,6652,679,185186,6706.0427,48016.0
Montana376,053243,329142,924132,72454.5100,40570.3
Nebraska1,192,2141,066,3001,062,656125,91411.83,6440.3
Nevada81,87542,33547,35539,54093.4[†5,020][†10.6]
New Hampshire430,572411,588376,53018,9844.635,0589.3
New Jersey2,537,1671,883,6691,144,933653,49834.7438,73630.4
New Mexico327,301195,310160,282131,99167.535,02821.9
New York9,113,6147,268,8946,003,1741,844,72025.41,265,72021.1
North Carolina2,206,2871,893,8101,617,949312,47716.5275,86117.1
North Dakota577,056319,146190,983257,91080.8128,16367.1
Ohio4,767,1214,157,5453,672,329609,57614.7485,21613.2
Oklahoma1,657,155790,391258,657866,764109.7531,734205.6
Oregon672,765413,536317,704259,22962.795,83230.2
Pennsylvania7,665,1116,302,1155,258,1131,362,99621.61,044,00219.9
Rhode Island542,610428,556345,506114,05426.683,05024.0
South Carolina1,515,4001,340,3161,151,149175,08413.6189,16716.4
South Dakota583,888401,570348,600182,31845.452,97015.2
Tennessee2,184,7892,020,6161,767,518164,1738.1253,09814.3
Texas3,896,5423,048,7102,235,527847,83227.8813,18336.4
Utah373,351276,749210,77996,60234.965,97031.3
Vermont355,956343,641332,42212,3153.611,2193.4
Virginia2,061,6121,854,1841,655,980207,42811.2198,20412.0
Washington1,141,990518,103357,232623,887120.4160,87145.0
West Virginia1,221,119958,800762,794262,31927.4196,00625.7
Wisconsin2,333,8602,069,0421,693,330264,81812.7375,71222.2
Wyoming145,96592,53162,55592,53157.729,97647.9

[*] Includes 953,243 persons in Porto Rico (1899) census.

[†] Decrease.

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF UNITED STATES IN 1910

1909.1910.% Inc.
[†All bank clearings]$164,195,488,940$162,000,000,000 [*1.3]
Value of all farm products8,760,000,0008,926,000,0001.9
Railroads earnings, gross2,608,176,6092,835,374,0818.7
Deposits in all banks14,035,000,00015,283,400,0008.1
Capital stock of banks1,800,000,0001,879,000,0004.4
Circulation, national banks703,940,000724,874,3082.9
Net earnings, national banks131,185,750154,167,00017.6
Dividend disbursements611,000,000695,000,00013.7
Value bonds sold, New York1,317,291,000630,000,000 [*52.2]
Value of imports1,475,000,0001,550,000,0005.1
Value of exports1,730,000,0001,843,000,0009.0
Building expenditures857,550,669809,000,000 [*5.7]
Fire losses203,649,150229,942,65012.9
Business failures151,752,098 [†199,607,292]31.5
Cereal crops, bushels4,719,441,0005,169,426,0009.3
Hay crops, tons64,938,00060,978,000 [*6.1]
Cotton crop, bales10,363,24012,000,00015.8
Wool clip, pounds307,348,000295,672,000 [*3.8]
Coal mined, tons437,176,241500,000,00014.4
[†Iron ore shipments, tons]42,586,86943,629,2012.4
Pig iron production, tons25,337,00226,665,3415.2
Sault Ste. Marie commerce, tons57,895,14962,363,2187.7
Portland cement production, bbls62,508,46170,000,00012.0
Sugar Production, tons1,556,0001,565,0000.6
Total mileage railroads234,950239,0701.7
New railroads built, miles3,7484,1209.1
Immigration1,334,1661,078,000 [*19.2]

[*] Decrease.

[†] Dun’s report.

Map Classifying States with Respect to the Percentage of Increase of Population: 1900 to 1910.

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THE WORLD

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PANAMA CANAL ZONE

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Type of Canal

The canal has a summit elevation of 85 feet above the sea, reached by a flight of three locks located at Gatun, on the Atlantic side, and by one lock at Pedro Miguel and a flight of two at Miraflores, on the Pacific side; all these locks are in duplicate—that is, two chambers, side by side. Each lock has a usable length of 1,000 feet and a width of 110 feet. The summit level is maintained by a large dam at Gatun and a small one at Pedro Miguel, between which is the great Gatun Lake, with an area of 164.23 square miles. A small lake, about two square miles in area, with a surface elevation of 55 feet, is formed on the Pacific side, between Pedro Miguel and Miraflores, the valley of the Rio Grande being closed by a small dam and the locks at Miraflores.

Length, Width and Depth of Canal

The Canal is about 50 miles in length, from deep water in the Caribbean Sea to deep water in the Pacific Ocean. The distance from deep water to the shore line in Limon Bay is about 4½ miles, and from the Pacific shore line to deep water is about 5 miles; hence, the length of the Canal from shore to shore is approximately 40½ miles.

The bottom width of the Canal varies from 200 feet in Culebra Cut to an indefinite width in the deep waters of the lakes. The approaches from deep water to land on both sides of the Canal are 500 feet wide, and the cuts in the shallow parts of the lakes from 500 to 1,000 feet wide. The Canal has a minimum depth of 41 feet.

Republic of Panama

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