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The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . pe Creux toCape Hombre, Vigo Bay, 620 miles. EuropeanSpain includes also the Balearic Islands in theMediterranean, and the Canary Islands in theAtlantic. Of her former extensive possessionsin Asia, Africa, America, and Polynesia, Spainretains almost nothing. Cuba and Porto Rico,two of the most valuable islands in the WestIndies, were lost by her as a result of theSpanish-American War of 1898. The Philip-pine Islands off the coast of Asia were also cededto the United States on the conclusion of thewar. About the same time Guam, one of theLadrones, was transferred to the United States,and soon afterward the other islands of thegroup, together with the Carolines, were sold toGermany. She still possesses some territory innorth and northwest Africa, besides the islandsof Fernando Po. Ternabon. etc., off the westAfrican coast. The following table gives thearea and population of the whole kingdom,showing the ancient kingdoms and provinces,and the modern provinces into which they weredivided:. i i |0)0(0 v&i (Ng5 q)oM;o)oMo)oK CvS5 ^S5yoft(raxCsS5 0)06&&•CsSWO) c^S 0)01tfS-^S |«0I (?&CSS ]5)o(S ^S5;o)oft £rox:csg/j :«o(c a^rmo^tllix ^ 2>^ TSoure ..--, ae
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