XXVII. EUROPE--THE MEDITERRANEAN STATES AND SWITZERLAND 320 XXVIII. EUROPE--THE DANUBE AND BALKAN STATES 335 XXIX. EUROPE-ASIA--THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE 343 XXX. THE IRAN PLATEAU AND ARABIA 349 XXXI. BRITISH INDIA AND THE EAST INDIES 358 XXXII. CHINA AND JAPAN 367 XXXIII. AFRICA 381 XXXIV. OCEANIA 391 APPENDIX 398 INDEX 399 COLORED MAPS PAGE PRINCIPAL TRANSPORTATION LINES AND REGIONS OF LARGEST COMMERCE x, xi MEAN ANNUAL RAINFALL 28 CITY OF NEW YORK AND VICINITY, WITH HARBOR APPROACHES 49 DISTRIBUTION OF VEGETATION 80 NORTH AMERICA 210 PUGET SOUND 253 MEXICO 268 SOUTH AMERICA 274 BRITISH ISLES 299 GERMANY AND SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES 304 HOLLAND AND BELGIUM 314 FRANCE 321 ITALY 326 SPAIN AND PORTUGAL 329 TURKEY AND GREECE 338 RUSSIAN EMPIRE 342 THE IRAN PLATEAU AND ARABIA 349 EASTERN CHINA 369 JAPAN AND KOREA 375 AFRICA 382 THE COMMERCE OF THE PACIFIC 393 [Illustration: PRINCIPAL TRANSPORTATION LINES AND REGIONS OF LARGEST COMMERCE]