Owing to the changes that have lately occurred in the political division of the Republic by the constitutional subdivision of the several federal sections, and in view of the fact that no official maps embodying these changes have been published, it has been deemed expedient not to append to this Handbook the Map of Venezuela. The only one available for the purpose (Statistical Annuary for 1889) has an historical value only. A list of the best-known maps of Venezuela is found in the section of the Handbook relating to Venezuelan Bibliography.

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