The Continent of Europe
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This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of History", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
The Continent of Europe
The name of this continent is derived from the mythological Europa, whom Jupiter is reputed to have carried over to its shores from Mount Ida. The country is a peninsula projecting from Asia. It is the smallest of the great continental divisions of the globe, and also the most thoroughly devel -oped and highly civilized. It is situated in almost the same latitude as the United States
Population by Continents | |||
Continental Divisions | Area in Square Miles | ||
Number | Per Sq. Mile | ||
Africa . . . | II,5I4,000 | 127,000,000 | I1.O |
America, N. | 6,446,000 | 89,250,000 | 13.8 |
America, S. | 6,837,000 | 36,420,000 | 5.3 |
Asia .... | 14,710,000 | 850,000,000 | 57.7 |
Australasia | 3,288,000 | 4,730,000 | 1.4 |
Europe | 3.555.000 | 380,200,000 | 106.9 |
Polar Reg. | 4,888,800 | 300,000 | 0.7 |
Total . . | 51,238,800 | 1,487,900,000 | 29.0 |
(The above estimate was made by Ernest George Ravenstein, F.R.G.S., geographer and statistician.) and Canada, and occupies an area of about one-fifth part of that of America. The population of Europe is about five times that of the United States, divided among twenty-three nations the population of which may be found on the charts. For further statistics concerning the various countries, see special treatment of each hereafter:
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