Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms

Volume 46: The Western Ocean — The Austrian Empire

[The conclusion of the entry for Tyrol] Based on the context of the previous page and the geographical statistics, this section concludes the description of the Tyrol region.

With high mountains and steep ridges, the ice and snow never melt. The customs of the people are quite simple and honest, and they devoutly follow the Catholic religion original: 加特立教 (Jiadi li jiao), a 19th-century phonetic rendering of 'Catholic'. The area covers 11,068 square li A traditional Chinese unit of distance; here used to approximate European measurements. The population is 776,390. It governs twenty-seven small districts original: 部落 (buluo), literally 'tribes,' used here to mean administrative districts or counties. The local products include salt, timber, and tobacco leaves.

Bohemia original: 磨希密阿 (Moximia) is bounded by Moravia original: 磨那威阿 (Monawia) to the east, the German states original: 耶瑪尼 (Yemani/Germany) to the west, Salzburg original: 沙爾斯麥 (Sha'ersimai) to the south, and Prussia original: 普魯社 (Pulushe) to the north. It is the most fertile land in Austria original: 歐塞特里阿 (Ousetelia), a phonetic variant of Austria. It is surrounded by great mountains. Its area is 20,425 square li, with a population of 3,748,361. It governs forty-seven small districts. It maintains a military force of 120,527 soldiers. The people follow Protestantism original: 波羅特士頓教 (Poluoteshidun jiao), a phonetic rendering of 'Protestant'. Its products include cloth, ramie, timber, and various metals, of which tin is the most abundant.

Moravia original: 磨那威阿 (Monawia) is bounded by Galicia original: 牙里西阿 (Yalixia) to the east, Bohemia original: 磨希敏阿 (Moximinia) to the west, Austria original: 奧地里亞 (Aoudilia), here referring to Lower Austria to the south, and Prussia original: 普魯社 (Pulushe) to the north. It is surrounded by great mountains...