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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... Monetary unit : Peso ( U. S. 0.8e ) . Descriptive . Argentina , a republic , extends from Bolivia 2,300 miles to Cape Horn and from the Andes to the South Atlantic . Its greatest breadth is about 930 miles . It is bounded by Bolivia on ...
... Monetary unit : Peso ( U. S. 0.8e ) . Descriptive . Argentina , a republic , extends from Bolivia 2,300 miles to Cape Horn and from the Andes to the South Atlantic . Its greatest breadth is about 930 miles . It is bounded by Bolivia on ...
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... Monetary unit : Sucre ( U.S. 5.56 ) . Descriptive . Ecuador , on the northern Pacific Coast of South America , extends from about 100 miles north of the Equator to 400 miles south of it . It is bounded by Colombia on the North and Peru ...
... Monetary unit : Sucre ( U.S. 5.56 ) . Descriptive . Ecuador , on the northern Pacific Coast of South America , extends from about 100 miles north of the Equator to 400 miles south of it . It is bounded by Colombia on the North and Peru ...
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... Monetary unit : U.S. dollar ; also Libe- rian silver and copper coinage . Descriptive . The independent Negro Republic of Liberia lies on the southwest ( Guinea ) coast of Africa between Sierra Leone on the West and the Ivory Coast ...
... Monetary unit : U.S. dollar ; also Libe- rian silver and copper coinage . Descriptive . The independent Negro Republic of Liberia lies on the southwest ( Guinea ) coast of Africa between Sierra Leone on the West and the Ivory Coast ...
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