| Show east indi indies s days about same sam e leng length e dutch east indies stretch a nc ce equal to that from new to san franisco franeisco the i totals roo e L island empire Is equal in area 1 the states east of the with the exception of the state it ct name reaching from the ern up tip of maine balne to the south ip p of florida from lake michl to 0 the gulf of mexico include 8 states e whole empire lies iles full in the toril boril sun and reaches from the R L t northa northwestern estern sumatra to the r of new ew r guinea papua the islands all days in eav ear art about the some same length e islands all lie close to the equator notes a writer wr iter in the clev cleveland plain dealer the dutch east indies the larger part of the malay archipelago and are situated between australia and so southeastern ut heastern asia their extent may be realized from the f act that the distance from sa bang bane north sumatra to Mer auke guinea respectively the in new western and eastern eastern limits is milas inns as wide a aa the atlantic from new york to london they include such groups Is as the celebes sunda timor T imor and banda islands fourteen bisti distinct net kinds of people inhabit these islar islands ids some of them very primitive 0 others highly civilized |
