The Wheeling repository. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1807-1808, 1807-11-12
p q p o s lis,
by J. CAMPBELL, Morgantown, Virg.
For PRINTING BY INSCRIPTION,
THE HIsTORY OF AMERICA,
81 WILLIAM ROBERTSON d. D.
Principal of the Univerity of Edinburgh, Hif
Photographer to his Majefy for Scotland,
aud NJ mber of the Royal Academy
of H0ory at Madrid,


Of Hi0ory at Madrid.
The name OF ROBERTSON has long food in
D. She very H. rank OF hiitorians, and perhaps
none OF his writings have been more generally
read, or univer:aiiy admitted. than his HiltOry
OF America. SO popular has The work been IN
Ems land, that it has pai1td through no leis than
Ten editions. Nol is this wonderful DR.. RO.
bertiOn'8 patient and indeiatigabie intuttry in
reearch, and his caudour and imEartiaiity in
narration, have deftrvedly iecu'ed the highef
dee,ee Of credit to ali his ftatement5 OF hlfto.
yic4l facts His fyle, at once peripicuous and
elegant, eafy and dlgnhed, will always find ar
aimirer in every reader of tate. The Election
OF the matter COmpriisd in the Hifory OF Anne
RIGA, is happily calculated to biend the mott
agreeable anufcmsnt with fold aud uiefu in.
formation. The titc0vcIy OF Ii, " hcn,i!phere
by Columbus, and the rapid cUnquef OF Mexico
and Peru 10y ColttZ and PZafro, are among
the mot oxtrao. binary events recorded in al
thentic hihoTy. The hiitory Of the conduct o!
the Sp2niarts towards the n4tivcs Of America.
exhibits IN the 0rongeh colours The horrible
consequences which naturally flow from avarice
and ambition, ihteIisd by religious beotry, &
un:eft;ained either by public opinion or The
hrOng arm of juh & enlightened government.
Dr. Ro5ertfon's maRe.'y defer ptions Of the
cuaoms, manners, focal Rate, and religious
and political indiiutions, of thu natives Of g.
msrica, is perhaps better calculated than any
DINER work in eXitenCe 10 give us corrett ideas
Of the nature and ll:ultion al man in iavace
haie, and Of the effects produced by the nven
ton Of The arts and tcieuccs, and the imp:ov...
rosots in iociai and political inGitutions>-iI.s
deici9ton of he foil, climate, and uatutal
proiu 5tu15 OF Spanilh America; OF the f fem
puhucd by Spain towards her colonies, and Of
the eject of that IS Rem both on them and on
the rno,her country; Of the prelent fate q
fcience, religion, agriculture, commerce. ma.
nufadures and population, in the different
Span,lh colonies, muf ord anuiement and
inlru&ior to every defcrption of reader.
The other qyutcrs OF the globe have tXpe
YjeCceI great and important changes 10 corfe
quence OF the dllc0"ery Of America To furnifh
ia5ouers For European planters fettled in the
Islands, and in y9.ons parts OF the continent Of
America, africa has been p'undercd Of ITS
wre.chsd inhabitants, ani rendered ftill more
barOaouo and deiolate. &c IN while il wa5 fe-
cluted from any intereour. with more uojjfh
cd nations, Tie gold and G'yef OF America
have furnihe' European wI,h the means of
an eXienhsc COmm0C. with Ase. and togethe.
with The other production O. tie rev world.
have had powerful agency 300 producing that
IncreaIe o. commerce AMI m INIT Cures which
has gradually bu' tGtuU y sucycrate6 the
condition 81 The great body Of The people in