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r n o p o s a l s,
?'\ J. Caaiphell, .Morgantown, Virg.
For Printing by Subscription.
The History of America,
til WILLIAM KOSLRTSOX, IJ U.
Vrn mI oi the Unive fity of Edinburgh, flif
to-iogivtp'ar to his Majt ity fc r Scot -i/t,
and I. ' r of the Royal Academy
».i iLftory it Madrid,
The nine- of Kobirtsos has !on^ flood in
:hc vc. yfi.li r mhc ot h itonans, an i peihape
i. ne of hU writings have h.en more fci.ner.iMy
lead, o. univcrfalty admired, than his 11 dory
ot America. So popular has the work b“ui in
England,that i*. his paired through no lelV than
ten editions. Nor is this wonderful. Dr, Ro.
bertion’s patient and indefatigable indufl.y in j
reft arch, and his candour and imparti tity in
narration, have defervediy fecured the higheft
degree ot credit to ..1! his (titemeiits of I,dto
rlcal fads His ftyle, at r.nce perfpicunus and
elegant, eafy ar d dtgn fieri, will al arays find or,
a ‘mi er in every re.uler of tafle Tie leldtion i
of the matter comprifed in the Hiftory of Amo \
tics, is happily os culated to blend the mod i
agreeable arnullment with foil ! and n'<. l il in j
foim ition. i'ire difeovery of a new h inifphert \
by Columbus, and t e rap'd cui.qfuft ot Mt x>o
and Peru by Co.Uz and P.zairo, are among
the moft extraordinai y cvents recorded in hu
thentic hi ho y. The Lift or y of the ccr.c'uff cl
the Spaniards towards the natives of Am.-rici,
cxh.bitr. in the ft ongelt colour* t he h >. il.le
cunf.tju.nces w h ci» naturally flow from avaricr
and c.mbition, findde’d by religious »• gc y, &
tinrcttr uncJ tuber by pub ic opinion or iltc
ftrong arm of a juft 51 en!igh‘cn< ft government
Dr Robertf.in’s mafteily dclcriplion* of the
cuiloms, mirincrs, focial Rate, and religious
and political ir.ftituticn?, of the natives of A
rncrica, is perhaps bett< r calculated thni ary i
other wotk intxiftence to giv- us co i<ft ideas I
of the nature and fi liation of man in a !av..ge '
fla'c, and of the e tfe <ft3 produced by the ioven
tion of the arts and tcieneew. and the improve- ;
menis in focial and political inll'a ltionr —lbs :
tiefe iption of the foil, climate, and nitir J •
productions of Sparifti Amcrict; 01 tie f)ft<m
putl\i ’d by Spun towards hi r colonic'’, and of
the effect, oi that Ijftt.n both 1 n them md on
the mother country; of the prefect (late of
Rieoce, religion, agiicufure* eammen'r. nria
nutift'iics and populati n, in the different
Span ih colonies, mult a old .nmiUennent an!
inftrutftion to every dcfcitption of reader ,.
The other quitters of the globe have i xpe
rieticc 1 great and important change in -tonf.
quence at the difcovciy of America To futmOi
I nborn era European pbi.Mcru fi-ttlt 1 in the
ifiandfl, and in vai ions pots c.f t'ie contintnt ot
America, A'V’Ci has be n p'un.'cred of 1*
vtetched ii rabitants, and ren'e ec ftill rrre
bar batons and dciolate, ih n wl i'e i* w ft -
eluded from ary ;r.t r '.,u- e v:th trot'’ pol'li
cd n.vi ns. r e gold and fi'vi r of America
have lurn'fi’i' ' !• : o, e‘ ^ r u u h thr fill ti t ol
an ex*.unlive om • :< V l a -n 1 ,, - •
with the ofhtr production ■ the rew world,
hive hi , ,1 p 'Aci to v ip pr >.’noire *h,.t
TncreaC- r t commerce an 1 m rnUftun s w 1 ith
b" f*du ’y * ur <IT nt me)
COwiU.uu ci .he grc-L tody ot the f.t.o'c to
j a:it ..." every pait of Europe. Event3 which
j h.ve ha 1 inch an txtenfive influent e upon all
puts of the globe, cannot fait to be highly in
tetefiing. The citizens of the Uni ed S ates
oeghtto be acquainted with the hiftory of eve
ry pa t ot the g.cat continent which they inha
hit. This is the age of r.vo utiors,—and it i»
i no' probable that t!u fit.them part of America
wi!. lon-'efc :j>e tip i: fljencc. If by ar.y event
that covnti y lliouid be freed from the y. k' «i
i jealous and iiiiberil government, its ct rn*
merce woi:'J «pen new and valt fources of
wealth to the uiurpriCug citizen* cf the United
S:ates.
Encouraged by the libera! patronage which
has lately bee n given indifferent pirte ot the
Union to the rrpub icafion of vduible bocks,
and believing that the inhib tin’s ot the we it
em ct untry wi.l not o ily be d.fpofed toencou
rape fo imrortant a bi rch o: hufiuefs, but will
alto tct 1 a itroeg cutk lity to beco.nt ;u quaint
ed with the u^iural at d political hiftory of
thofe fertile regions, wi h wnicli, at no ditHnt
day, they in p r>h bly ip dntatn sn extrpfive
and lucrative ctuncKT.' , t Ik- etli-c-r propofe, io
rfpi’uit tt-obertfonh Hdtory of Ame ica, from
the Lit London editio i.
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