Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1900 — Facts About the British Empire. [ARTICLE]

Facts About the British Empire.

The greatest empire of the world is the British Empire, extending over one continent, 100 peninsulas, 500 promontories, 1,000 lakes, 2,000 rivers and 10,500 Islands. It surpasses the Assyrian Empire in wealth, the Roman Empire in population, the Spanish Empire in power, and the Persian Empire in area —afi of which empires have passed away. The population of the empire--402,515,800—is 27 per cent of the population of the world; the 11,339,316 square miles of imperial territory is 21 per cent of the land of the world. The latest use to which bicycles have been applied Is tiger hunting.

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