Historical Records and Studies, Vol. 12

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Excerpt from Historical Records and Studies, Vol. 12: June, 1918 Among the remarkable events entering into the history of the United States during the past century the great expansion of its territory stands out prominently. The original thirteen States, forming the Union, comprised an area of 892, 135 square miles. Therafter, commencing with the Louisiana purchase in 1803, and continuing down to the recent (1917) purchase of the Danish Islands in the West Indies, the United States has been adding to its territory until the present time when the total area over which our sovereignty extends amounts to 3, 743, 448 square miles or more than four times the original area of the Union. By far the larger part of this added territory was acquired by peaceful cession and treaty, France, Spain and Russia being the largest contributors. The most of this teritory lies adjacent to our original boundaries, some of it within the nearby waters of the Caribbean Sea. The furthermost limits of the great Alaskan tract, which lie within the Arctic Zone, are separated from Eastern Siberia by Behring's Strait, a waterway only thirty-six miles wide at its narrow point, while the Philippines lie within the continent of Asia and are more than 6, 500 miles distant across the vast expanse of the Pacific from the nearest port of continental America. This new territory so widely distributed implies a great variety of climate and natural resources as well as a diversity in the races of people by whom the same is occupied, and every section carries with it its own political and religious history. Each has been the scene of Catholic missionary effort. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.