Author: Rand McNally and Co

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-04

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 9781333462734

Excerpt from Rand-McNally Pocket Atlas of the World, Historical, Political, Commercial: Containing Colored Maps of All the States and Territories in the United States, the Provinces of the Dominion of Canada, and of Every Country and Civil Division Upon the Face of the Globe Divisions of Water. - Area of Arctic Ocean estimated at 000 square miles, or per cent of surface of globe. Drainage area large; comprises square miles of mainland of America and Eurasia. Atlantic Ocean embraces an area of square miles, or nearly one-fourth the total water area of the globe. In extent At lantic greatest from north to south; length miles, average width only miles; greatest depth, International Deep, o St. Thomas Islands. West Indies, feet. Indian Ocean occupies an area of square miles, very nearly one-fifth the total water area. Width, about miles; extent of ocean almost equal both ways. Area of Pacific Ocean, square miles; comprises nearly one.half the total water area. Pacific extends north and south miles, east and west under equator, miles. Greatest depth sounded, Tuscarora Deep, north of Japan, feet. Pacific Ocean characterized by large number of islands, both continental and oceanic. Area of Antarctic Ocean estimated at square miles; depth feet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."