The World Almanac and Book of FactsPress Publishing Company (The New York World), 1923 The World Almanac and Book of Facts is a US published reference work and conveys information about such subjects as world changes, tragedies, sports feats, etc. It has been published yearly from 1868 to 1875, and again every year since 1886. The first edition of The World Almanac was published by The New York World newspaper in 1868 (the name of the publication comes from the newspaper itself, which was known as The World). Published just three years after the end of the US Civil War and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, its 120 pages of information touched on such events as the process of Reconstruction and the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. Publication was suspended in 1876, but in 1886 newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, who had purchased The New York World and quickly transformed it into one of the most influential newspapers in the country, revived The World Almanac with the intention of making it a compendium of universal knowledge. The World Almanac has been published annually since. |
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... colonies by Spain was hopeless ; that neither Great Britain nor the United States was aiming at the possession of any portion of these colonies ; and that they could not see with indifference any portion of them transferred to any other ...
... colonies by Spain was hopeless ; that neither Great Britain nor the United States was aiming at the possession of any portion of these colonies ; and that they could not see with indifference any portion of them transferred to any other ...
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... colonies as follows : COLONY . Senegal . - Guinea . Ivory Coast . Dahomey ... French Soudan . Upper Volta ... Mauritania Territory of Niger . Total ... Square miles . 74,112 95,218 121.976 42,460 617,000 154,400 345,400 349,400 ...
... colonies as follows : COLONY . Senegal . - Guinea . Ivory Coast . Dahomey ... French Soudan . Upper Volta ... Mauritania Territory of Niger . Total ... Square miles . 74,112 95,218 121.976 42,460 617,000 154,400 345,400 349,400 ...
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... colony has a Governor and a council general of sixteen elected members . France has had a penal colony there since 1885 and in 1920 it cared for 3,633 convicts . Only 8,800 acres are cultivated . Placer gold mining is the most important ...
... colony has a Governor and a council general of sixteen elected members . France has had a penal colony there since 1885 and in 1920 it cared for 3,633 convicts . Only 8,800 acres are cultivated . Placer gold mining is the most important ...
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