Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-11-16
PROSPECTUS.


Britain patr onage more extended thaa
has ever, been bestowed on work oi
the Ike na,use, and eSb American pub
llsaers trust thai the name oil Ms rin-
Ike, 100 luow we'll kGown In this country
by ais excellent Geography and the
M eaificent style IN w6ich they inte"o
the sork Sbsli be executed ~'il renoer
their edition worthy The attention oi lhe
American pubic.
10 has p-c> pectus, prehxed to the
En,eIisa edition, NJ. PlnStrton thus
= clearly details his pian;
II is proposed, that this Atlas shall
cossist Of AT least an equal number OF
Maps win thu = IN the hes EDITION OF
Mr.. pINKERroN's GEOGRAPHY but oi
the size called Coiunoier, 50 :. 10 cor
resooad witn the celebrated works OF
D'aNvILLE. These Maps VII DC De-
Ineared with all the superior advantages
aff .rtled Nv the latest improvements IN
scog aphical prsciNlm; and engraved
Wit els!rance and care; So ast3 exceed,
il IS to ne aopsd, any wsrk NJ a simi'a'
na ure, published IN any country. 30
InanY mp, owe nents have been MADE IN
Geal,r.otg. within these ten or twelve
years, ia me trigonome fic.i surveys Oh
MANY European countries, and ron
NOSE acr urate descriptions ut distant
re,ln, thar ne publ CATION of new ge-
neal ATLAS seems indispensable, espe.
cialiy a. ,ale works of this kind are or
ten founded nu ancient materials aau
dra sn from Inaccurate 81 reys nade
halt centusy ago Zach Map ~ili be
drawn uUder MIR. PINKERToN Oh &C.
lion, revised with the u,nost Core ala
will form, like the works OF D'ANVlLLE'
a copn3Iete record OF tac state OF the SCI.
encc at the time o( rOo'cauon' laole-
lands. chains Of muu,i,a!ns, and other
fea,ures waich brion. to- the natural Se-
orraony OF eacn Coun1rY, "'it De indicst-
ed "a. a new .nanuer, and with an ex-
ac,ness no, TO b. expected trom gen
cr.phers Yho a'e unacquaintea with
In branch of the scisnce; wnch Is,
however, SD essential, that, without II,
no country eau De truly represented
nor wnrks on natural or civil history
nerrec;lv understood In the other
parts, which illustrate civil history, equal
care shalt BE exer.cd nor TO ins, ri 10
scure ~ove!s ADD villages, wn'ie places
remarkable III historical record are total
Il omitted. Instead oicareiesap positions,
Arising from The 0l,nu limitation oil ann-
ou,,ed N 4ps. the greatest attention will
be bestowed, that every position sinai, De
conforms5ie 10 the latest astronomicai
observa ions aud IN default ct these. to
the result of the best itiaerariss, and o.
ther authentic documents
The superiority m the manner OF draw.
ing and engraving THIS Atlas aust he.
ce$ sarily ScasioD nnco'smon expense
but. AMID the frequent publication OF toe
,,1st hish-priced and superb collections
of prints, j, may reesc"absy be expected
that she.,ricace IT Geography, SO USE
ful 10 ~ csassts oil men. should, IN this
opu!.nt roun'ry, aspire to some degree
of ,aat uagalaccGce which Distinguish
es1j,e progress ol the arIs. And, while
even THOSE arts wc!ch are merely orna-
meatal, meet with the most liberal en-
couracement, it may be hoped that a
work uniripg wide and lasung uuliy
WITH beauty and maugnibceuce wiz not
be Neglected by a,''-cerning public.
TERMS
!. This work viii be completed IL
but ',yenty .ntnhei 5, each containing
th,ee Maps and will he executed IN
style .iurlar and in every respect
equal 10 he English eduioh.
III. Ii will be puhnshed On wireworen
paeer oi the size callSd ColomS.er
(s2 inches ny So 50 as 70 correspond
wi tao celebrated works OF DAN
vi.is.
Ill. The price Of each number will he
ST. plain, and Avs dollars coloarcd.
The price will be considerably ~
creased TO oon.snbscrlbers
w Copies of each RUNNER will be neat
" put toge-her, with the maps care.
full. tolied upaa guards Gas they viii
be brund when the work Is cumpletcd}
for more safe conveyance to the cDun-
try. whilst other c pies will BE- deli
vered thou, any fold &c those who
NAV prefer them ia that state.
v. In MS last number 1t - proposed TO
give Geographical Memeis, recitias
the character and merits ot he c',lef
authorities upon which each map 10
constructed, with directions for ge-
neral arrangement.
Su6sc, ihh,ns are receiprd bv
7amss Kennedy e Son.
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