ABSTRACT
Aaland Islands is a group of islands in the Gulf of Bothnia, lying between Sweden and Finland; a department of Finland. They were formerly Swedish, but in 1809 they were ceded to Russia and on the break-up of the Russian Empire in 1917 became a part of the Republic of Finland. Cattle are bred there. Aden, together with Perim, Sokotra, and Karmaran islands, forms a British colony. Aden is a volcanic peninsula in Arabia at the entrance to the Red Sea whose African side is guarded by the island of Perim. Sarawak is a state, covering about 50,000 square miles, in the northern part of the Malayan island of Borneo, under a British Rajah and British protection. Sudan is a very large region in north-central Africa, marching with Egypt on the north. The district was conquered by Mehemet Ali, independent Pasha of Egypt, in 1820 to 1822.
