EUROPE, one of the great divs

of the earth of Asia; 36Q to 71 0 N., 9 0 30' W, to 68q E.; it has; the sea on three sides— Arctic O. on N., Atlantic O. on W., Mediterranean and Black Seas, with Caucasus Mts. on S. on E. it touches the Ural Mts. and Caspian Sea; from C. Roca in Portugal to Caspian shore is 3000; m., and from C. Tarifa in Spain to N. Cape in Lapland is 2400 m.; it has a coast line of 17,000 m.; 3,848,000 sq. m.; next to Australia, it the smallest continent it is one-fifth of Asia, one fourth of America, and; one-third of Africa chief mt ranges are the Alps from France to Austria; (Mt. Blanc in Savoie), 15.732 ft., and each country has one or more mt. ranges the highest point of the Caucasus is 18,526 ft.; the; great and numerous rivers and lakes are used for the purposes of commerce and civilisation. In the civilisation of the world E. has taken the leading part America is populated by the overflow of E., and it; is the nations of E. that mainly control Asia and Africa at the present day still in earlier times E. received the letters (the alphabet) and religion from Asia; E. is Christian either in Roman, or Protestant, or Greek form nearly 350 millions of inhabitants, only 6J4 millions (in Turkey) are Mohammedan 138 millions are Ro. Catholics, 66 millions are Protestant,; and 74/4 millions belong to the Greek Church according to the ‘Bevolkerung der Erde.'the pop.;,ofE. is 357, 379,000.