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EXPLANATORY NOTE
x • enma 9^0 000 entries. In addition to giving
THIn“—I«Talso includes alternative spell-
1 Lgs and a great number of ancient names and names now
obsolete, these being identified as accurately as possible with
modern equivalent^ ^ mountain) ete., is followed by a
The na“® fio. 'which indicate the square on the map in
reference letter and fi0 , ^ mapg ar6 divided
which the name indexed wiU be fo • rallels of the
into imaginary squares formed by the meridians L'
main map Xe^using the term in its widest sense, are
..s.;™.. h.- -jj
^by^bracketing the descriptive part of the
entry itself, e.g., (Cape) Fleming; or by putting the essential word
first and following it by a comma and the descriptive par o |
name without brackets, e.g., Fleming, Cape.
Entries beginning with the following prefixes are, except in specn
cases, indexed under the first word only .
Hagios
Norre
Ostre
Saint
San
Santa
Sao
Sondre
Szent
Tel (town)
Yestre
Webi
Abu
Black
Campos
Chateau
Grand (English) . „
Compound entries beginning with the following prefixes
indexed under the essential word only
Ain Col Mong Va
Ban Kara Plain of Yalley
Camp of Kiang Po ° ^
Other entries beginning with such prefixes as “ Cape,^ Grea
“ La,” “ Le,” “ Mount,” “ New,” “ North and South are as I
role, double indexed, e.J., (Mount) Shasta appears also as Shaelj
Mount.
abbreviations.
Ala Alabama
Ariz Arizona
Ark Arkansas
jjr British
Cal California
county
Col Colorado
Conn Connecticut
D c. District of Columbia
P)el Delaware
..East
pi Flumen (river)
pla Florida
French
pr \y French West
Ga Georgia
Cer German
C.er_ p German East
Ger. S. W. ...German South-West
K. B. Post ...Hudson Bay Company’s
Trading Station
la Iowa
HI Illinois
Ind Indiana
Ind. Res Indian Reservation
lnd. Ty Indian Territory
Kan Kansas
Ky Kentucky
p ...Lacus (laae)
Pa Louisiana
L.H lighthouse or fixed
light
L HH lighthouses or fixed
lights
L.S lightship
jd Mons, Montes (moun¬
tain, mountains)
Mass Massachusetts
Md. .. Maryland
Me Maine
Mich Michigan
Mil. Res Military Reservation
Minn Minnesota
Miss Mississippi
Mo Missouri
Mont Montana
mt., mts mountain, mountains
N North
Nat National
N.C North Carolina
N. Dak North Dakota
Neb Nebraska
Nev Nevada
N. H New Hampshire
N. J New Jersey
N. Mex New Mexico
N. Y New York
O Ohio
Okla Oklahoma
Oreg Oregon
Pa Pennsylvania
pa parish
Port. Portuguese
Port. E Portuguese East
Port. W Portuguese West
pr Promontorium (t
montory)
H I Rhode Island
ry railway
g South
S. or Sin Sinus (gulf)
g_ c South Carolina
g. Dak South Dakota
gp Spanish
Penn Tennessee
Tex Texas
U. S United States
Ya Virginia
y-fc V ermont
\V West
Wash Washington
yyis Wisconsin
■yy Ya West Virginia
Wyo Wyoming