Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-03-08
Proposals for Publishing
"A UNIyERS Al GAZEtFEER,
AND
Dictionary Of Geosraphy,
Ancient and Maiern ;

Ancient and Maiern;
Containing more complete enumera
,;on than has hitherto been published. q
the Kingdoms, countries provinces, c.
t;s. towns. forts. islands mountain
r.nes. seas, bays, lakes, rivers, tnIlah
Tribes, etc in the known world WI
cc,;ous account of all the importan'
articles. BY J. E Worcester, A. NJ
PROSPECTUS.
u,YE work. for which the patronage
orthe public is now solicited. should
- :. executed with sufficient accaFact'
will. il is believed. BE- one OF much con
..n;snes and utility. The saat Of
,n,rs couniete dictionary Of Geography
,h,n has vet been published in America
bash hen extensively felt BY gentlemen o.
,e,-piny aid intelligence. Crutyeh
G,zetteer, the most complete. w"rA o.
the kind ever published in English. Is too
SaIu .n;nous and expensive to come M
rensral use; and with respect to hi'
eorn,ry IL is t,o incomplete and lnactu
rate TO satisfy an American Inc ga
,at,ssrs which have been published IL
America. how well soeyer thes NAV BE-
,d,,,.d 10 answer the design Tor whicA
tha, we've intended, yet, considered as
Unirersal Dictionaries Of Geograph., are
exceedingly imperfect. They are com
ni;ed upaa the principle OF noticing those
srt;c;.. fiat are 81 considerable import
,nce to the exclusion Ut vast majority
et such o, are thought ef less conse.
ausnce. But the articles isr whoa one
Sas very frequent occasion TO consnit a
E,,e,tser. ara those but Of little nntori-
~. = work, therefore, formed upon
.ncb nrincip.es, viii, at one time or o
tber. be touad altogether detective. II
= ;,.oed impos .i6Ie to determine those
articles in geography which will be most
;n,srostiny. wi.nout knowing the iz'ure
h;.,rry of the world Places, not i'm
na-,a1t in themselves, are often render,
ed hi h!y 40, BY events c'nnec'so win
then. Every intelligent man, upon read
mo The history Vt any memorable trans.
ac,;or, feels acsircus Of knawiog ne :,
tuation Of the place where 1t happeene'.
n.t IN the Gazettcers, in general use,
tbe ,ovr. IF AIbuhera, Austerl,tZ, 10.
rodins. IIohinIinden, Wasram. Water.
10, sod various others, rendered famous
duFing the late vars IN Europe, are not
to be found. -
The Gazetteer nov proposed will, So
far ss il respects the modern GEOGRAPHY
of the eastern continent, be founded upon
t,e basis OF that Of Cruttweil, with add.
t;e,s and corrections. On the subject OF
=. cent geography. the work OF the cele.
hrated D'Anviile si!l be made the prin
ciual basis. With respect to America.
mat rals have been collected : ON a
great variety or sources. Aad tne work
Swill be- found far more complete, with
rega-J TO this continent. than any that
has We, been published. II will conpTise
In two large volumes, end IN one al
nhabet;cal series, more thar tour times
AZ u4ny articles Of Geography, as are
contained IN the Gasettesrs which have
been published in America,
The compiler srigiually formed the DE.
siga of Publishing in ona volume a hhc.
tionary of Geography. under every srh.
Gle Of which. those particulars Only, to
which a Gazerteer is usus.ly consulted.
wruld be specified. With tn 5 view he
proceeded 10 make his preparations Blu!
u5,n calculation, ne found that II ~oald
be impossible to reduce his materials re
The COMPASS Of single vos'ne, withou.
swelling it 90 an .inconvenient size IL.
hiss therefore been Induced TO alter hi
design, and 70 adopt the plan OF giving
a more extended account ofai' the i'm
pcrtant matters, and of publishing the
work in two volumes and he hopes,
that by emitting history and every thing
no, important 10 be retained in Ssch a
w. K, and condensing what is valuable
into ,he rarrowest compass, by the use
OF abbre viations, which ill be made
PEI city intclligible BY a key, he shall
Be able TO furnish IN the space of two 70
lu,nss. a moro complete book of reference
ont subject of geography, than has YET
in the So ID of Gazetteer been present
ed 10 ,he public. 1t will readily be seen
thai the design must require much iabo'
and expense. The compiler respectful,
SUI ats ito the pu,lic under the impress
sim that such a work is much needed
and that, if well executed, it will bt
higaiy useful to seatleneA Of every pro
fessio.. AID employment; AID with the
hope that he shall receive such encou
raseMent as to enable him to render i
not altogether unworthy Of patronage.
CONDITIONS.
The york shall be handsomely print
ed IN Two volumes, on 6ne paper with