The Opelousas courier., 1904-06-18
sS LARGEST Map.
FEEN FEET LONG AMI
AND A HALF WIDE.

lommerce-AlI Places OF w
D, National Importance or Interest
70 Indicated.
u f the largest maps in the
as lust been installed in the
LIN Secretary Cortelyou OF the
Raent of Commerce, writes the
~"hegton correspondent of the New
4 . IwIAap of the globe, and it proDaoly
~ aims more information Of a COM
nWeial character than any other map
MI made. Its dimensions are lo
A9N long by Z 1-2 feet wide, and the
.sekteen sheets of the largest SIZE
Hnd made paper of which it is MADE
so delicately fitted together nat
1T p like one huge sheet.
Il The map vas prepared by the uni
Red States Coast and Geodetlc survey
under the direction of Secretary Cor
telyou, with special reference TO the
needs of his department. Practically
all the large maps and aliases publish
ed in recent years were consulted IN
the compilation of names, shoretsasS
and political subdivisions, with much
additional information derived from
detail charts. gazetteers and books OF
travel, the Congressional Library De-
ing drawn on for much valuable ma
terial.
The reports of the board of geo.
graphic names were taken as authorl-
ty for the spelling Of names, but
thousands of names are given when
do not appear in these reports. Names
which were thought to be of little
value for the purposes Of such a map
were omitted, however, in order that
those given might stand out with
greater distinctness.
A unique feature Of the map is tn
location of the continents, whichIs
different from that shown on Tny
other mar or atlas published. Whas
been the custom of all map Yakers
to show the Western Hemisphere at
the left end of the map and the East
ern Hemisphere at the right, Behring
Sea being the dividing line. On this
map the American continents occupy
the centre, thereby permitting the en-
tire Pacific Ocean and the transpaclhc
steamship and cable routes to the
| Philippine Islands and Hong Kong to
be shown without a break in the CEN
tire of the Pacific, as has always been
the case heretofore. The eastern
route via the Suez Canal to the Phil
ippines is also continuously shown.
Cities having a population of be-
tween 10000 and 10000 r indicated
in a distinctive n All the Uni
ted States consulates are given, as
we'll as most of the consular n com
mercial agencies, n in those parts
of the world where international com
plications are likely to occur al
steamship ports are shown.
A special feature is the indication
Of the various lighthouses on the
coasts of the United States. All places
which are of international interest OF
Importance are indicated.
All submarine cables are given, in
Guiding the new cable between Sal
Francisco and Manila, via Honolulu;
the new cable between Victoria, B. c.
and Brisbane, Australia, via Fiji Isl
ands; the new cable between New
York and Emden, Germany, via tn
Azores and Lisbon; the lev cable be
tween Port Natal, South Africa, AM
Perth, Australia; the new cable unde
construction between Seattle, Wash
and Sitka, Alaska, and the TELEGRAPH
line from Vancouver, B. c., to diferen
points in Alaska, as Juneau, Dawso'
City, Valdez, St. Michaels and Nome
The Trans-Siberian Railway from s
Petersburg to Port Arthur and Vlad
vostok is given. as well as the rout
of the Cape to Cairo railway in Afric;
as yet ~uncompleted, and the spur {
the Manchurian Railway that is bein
built directly to the back door of p
kin via Rhaihr and Ralgan.
/ Colonial possessions are indicate
by the same coloring as that of tn
mother countries. All the insular pc
sessions of the United States al
clearly shown. Persons who are NJ
fully informed of our acquisitions
the Pacific will be surprised to lear
Of the number of islands in that ocea
that are under our control.
The most difficult feature in cor
piling a map of this kind is in d
ining the political boundaries, whic
are as accurate as could be ascertai
ed down to the very day the wor
was finished.
Among the recent changes in boun
aries may be mentioned the new A
: yssinian boundary, the new arbitratio
!, boundary between Chile and the A
gentine Republic. the new boundal
between Brazil and Bolivia, the Angl
Turkish boundary at Alden and IL
Spanish and French agreements {
the west coast of Africa. There al.
is a question as to the political stat
of certain otEa- countries, as for /
stance the province OF Novibazar. h
tween Austria and Turkey; the Egg
tian Soudan and certain leased 50
Z tions, as the locality Of Lodi, betwee
British East Africa and the Con,
Free State.
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