Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-01-06
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TITS Atlas sas received 10 Great
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consist Of al issst an equal namos' ..
{ Maps with thass in tss Bso sditlcn OF
Mr.. PIskERToN's GRssRAPSY' sns 81
the sizs csiisd Columoisr, 80 IS - css-
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D,aSyILLE. Tasss Map. viii % de-
linrayed rhh all he superior sSsansagss
aForded sy the latEss inprsssssn,s IN
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years IN The Uigcucmetricai surveys al
mahy European countries, arc iroS'
more accurate descriptions OF distant
realm. hat the publication OF nsw &C.
nDrai ATLAS sssms indispensable, sspe-
cially as late ~arks of thss kind ars Oh
ten founded aa ancient materials, sad
drawn fYan Inaccurate surveys made
half century age Esch Map Will be
drasn ,audey Mr.. PIssERToN's dissc-
tieh, revised With the ul;asst care ana
WILL form, ike the vorss OF D'AsvtLLh,
(. q cemplets record oil tas s'-ts q me sill
-enco al me ,luss sl ppbiiration. taoec'
. lan5a, chains OF mountains, ana other
features which eeisng to TAG natural Se-
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ed in a new nlanasr, and With IN eS'
acsssss not to be expected trsm geo
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thst braBch of the science; shich IS,
however, so essential, that, without II,
no country eau as truly reprssentes,
ner works on natural Or civil history
perfectly understood. In tho oth"
parts, WHICH illustrate civil history, equal
care shall oe sxsrtcd not 20 insert OBJ
scurs hoval, and villages. while places
remarkaoie in Historical record are total
" emi;ted. Instead efcarsiesa posinsas,
arising from the blind limitation OF anu,
euasea -tjAp>, the greatest attention VIII
be bestowed, thai every position snail 90
cenEsrnabls 10 the latest astrononicai
observations and in default oil these, To
the result>ef the bsst itineraries, ans O.
Their authentic docusen,s."
The superiority in the manner Of draw.
ing and sngravlng ,his Atlas must ne.
cessariy occasion Gnco@noo expense
but, amid the frequent publication OF roe
most hiss- priced and superb collections
of prints, il ,asy reasonably oe expected
that the scisaCs sf Geography, so use
full to all classes Of men, should, IN ms
epuieat country, aspire to snae deg res
Of that magniscsncs .hich Distinguish
GO the progress oil lns arts. And' Wh'is
sven thoSs arts winch are merely ofaa-
mental, meet win the most hsfsai sa-
couravsment, it may be hoped tnst
work uni,ing vide and lasting utility
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n style similar aud IN every reapecS
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