A Geographical and Historical View of the World: Exhibiting a Complete Delineation of the Natural and Artificial Features of Each Country: And a Succinct Narrative of the Origin of the Different Nations, Their Political Revolutions, and Progress in Arts, Sciences, Literature, Commerce &c. The Whole Comprising All that is Important in the Geography of the Globe, and the History of Mankind, Band 5

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Thomas B. Wait and Company Sold by them, and by Mathew Carey, Philadelphia, and Samuel Pleasants, Richmond, 1811

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Situation extent boundaries face of the country c Vol
77
CHAP IIIHistorical view progress of society c Frequent wars
87
CHAP IVPresent state political and moral commerce manufactures
97
Situation extent name face of the country mountains
108
Principal cities and towns Dublin Cork Limerick
115
GENERAL VIEW OF ASIA
119
Present state political and moral religion government
126
Present state political and moral government religion
129
Historical view progress of society c Obscurity of
134
General view of Africa its immense deserts its commerce by caravans
135
CHAP ISituation extent boundaries face of the country mountains
136
Present state of Italy political and moral population politi
145
Situation extent face of the country mountains rivers
151
Situation extent face of the country mountains c Vol
153
Historical view progress of society of arts sciences
159
Chief cities edifices c Cairo description of the city
163
Situation extent face of the country mountains rivers
174
Principal cities edifices Vienna description of the city
181
Principal cities and towns edifices islands Paris Situa
184
CHAP IIIPresent state political and moral religion government
189
CHAP IIIHistorical view progress of society of arts and sciences
194
Present state political and moral religion government
199
CHAP IIChief cities edifices islands Mecca its supposed magni
205
Situation extent face of the country mountains Der Alte
206
Present state political and moral religion government
212
STATES IN THE NORTH OF AFRICA
219
Chief cities and towns edifices islands Astrachan
239
Historical view progress of society c Original colonies
240
VOLUME IV
249
Moorish and Arabian tribes Jalofs foulahs Grain ivory and gold
252
Caffres or Koussis coast of Natal Bay of Dongola Sofala Arabian
256
Situation extent face of the country mountains rivers lakes
257
Principal cities and towns edifices Gondar description
265
Present state political and moral religion government laws
274
AFRICAN ISLANDS
286
Madeira Canaries Peak of Teneriffe Cape de Verde Islands St Tho
292
succes
307
CHAP LSituation extent face of the country mountains rivers
370
CHAP IIPrincipal cities edifices islands Copenhagen descrip
379
minion of France Vol II p 358 to
382
CHAP IIIPresent state political and moral religion government
385
Situation extent face of the country soil climate c Vol
388
Island of Cape Breton Newfoundland the Bermudas or Summer Islands
394
Principal cities and towns edifices islands Amsterdam
398
Japansituation extent face of the country mountains rivers mine
400
Manilla or Phillippine islands Borneo the Celebes the Moluccas
407
Greenland its icelandic colony once in a very flourishing state now
409
Situation extent face of the country mountains rivers
410
VOLUME III
416
Historical view progress of society of arts sciences lite
420
Chief cities and towns c City of Mexico its swampy
421
Australasia or Southern countriesNew Holland BotanyBay Port
422
Present state political and moral religion government laws
426
Polynesia or islands in the Pacific Ocean Pelew islands Ladrones
430
SPAIN
433
CHAP IILHistorical view progress of society c Obscurity of early
442
Principal cities edifices islands Madrid description of
444
Present state political and moralof Mexico religion govern
445
Present state political and moral religion government
448
PORTUGAL
450
SPANISH DOMINIONS IN SOUTH AMERICA
453
Situation extent face of the country mountains rivers
457
Chief cities and towns edifices Lima Buenos Ayres Santa
462
Principal cities edifices islands Moscow description
473
Historical view conquest of Peru by Pizarro and Almagro
476
Present state political and moral religion government
477
PORTUGUESE EMPIRE IN AMERICA
482
Historical view Supposed origin of the Mexicans con
489
Situation extent face of the country c Vol III p 3 to 9
494
Historical view progress of society of arts and sciences
500
FRENCH DUTCH AND SPANISH SETTLEMENTS
504
General view situation c St Domingo its fertility and importance
514
ITALY
517
THIBET
528

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Seite 151 - From that time, like everything else which falls into the hands of the Mussulman, it has been going to ruin, and the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope gave the deathblow to its commercial greatness.
Seite 464 - In this book," answered Valverde, reaching out to him his breviary. The Inca opened it eagerly, and turning over the leaves, lifted it to his ear : " This," says he, " is silent ; it tells me nothing : " and threw it with disdain to the ground. The enraged monk, running towards his countrymen, cried out, " To arms, Christians; to arms, the word of God is insulted; avenge this profanation on those impious dogs.
Seite 535 - LORD, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth ; send thy HOLY GHOST, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace, and of all virtues ; without which, whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee : Grant this for thine only Son JESUS CHRIST'S sake. Amen.
Seite 328 - Avenues of direct communication, have been devised, to connect the separate and most distant objects with the principal, and to preserve through the whole a reciprocity of sight at the same time. Attention has been paid to the passing of those leading avenues over the most favorable ground for prospect and convenience.
Seite 423 - There appeared first two hundred persons in an uniform dress, with large plumes of feathers, alike in fashion, marching two and two, in deep silence, barefooted, with their eyes fixed on the ground. These were followed by a company of higher rank, in their most showy apparel, in the midst of whom was Montezuma, in a chair or litter richly ornamented with gold, and feathers of various colours.
Seite 272 - The view of this extensive city; the numerous canoes upon the river; the crowded population, and the cultivated state of the surrounding country, formed altogether a prospect of civilization and magnificence, which I little expected to find in the bosom of Africa.
Seite 424 - Spaniard had been surrounded by the enemy and taken alive ; that the head of this unfortunate captive, after being carried in triumph to different cities, in order to convince the people that their invaders were not immortal, had been sent to Mexico'.
Seite 273 - Tombuctoo, the great object of European research, the capital of this kingdom being one of the principal marts for that extensive commerce which the Moors carry on with the Negroes. The hopes of acquiring wealth in this pursuit, and zeal for propagating their religion, have filled this extensive city with Moors and...
Seite 272 - I was anxiously looking around for the river, one of them called out, geo affilli (see the water); and looking forwards, I saw with infinite pleasure the great object of my mission; the long sought for, majestic Niger, glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward.
Seite 361 - Certainly no part of the judicial power of the country was conferred on them; because the Constitution expressly vests it "in one Supreme Court and such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish," and it is not pretended that the commission was a court ordained and established by Congress.

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