Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-03-03
Proposals for Publishing
A UNIVERSAL GAZE l jEER,
Dictionary Of Geography,
Ancient and MO,lern (;

Ancient and Modern /;
Containing more complete enumera
ton than has hitherto been published, o.
he kingdoms, countries, provinces, cl
res, towns. forts, islands mountains
apes, seas, bays, lakes, rivers, Indian
cribes, etc in the known wsrld. With
4 crpious account of all the importan,
articles. BY ]. z. Worcester, A. NJ.
PROSPECTUS.
ME werk. for which the patronage
Of the public Is nov solicited. should
it De executed with sufficient accuracy,
will, Il ~ seiieyea, b. one OF much con-
yenience aud utility. The want Of q
more complete Dictionary OF Geography
han has yet been published in America.
has been extensively felt by gentlemen Of
learning aid intelligence. Crutweil's
Gazetteer, the most complete work OF
the kind ever published in english. Is too
and expensive to come into
general use; and with respect 10 this
country, it is too incomplete aud inaccu
rate to satisfy an American The ia
zetteers which have been published la
a, .rica, how well soever they may be
adapted TO answer the design for which
they were intended yet, CONSIDERED a,
Universal Dictionaries Of Geography, are
exceedingly imperfect they are co".
piled upon the principle of nUtIclng those
articles tnat are Of csnside able import
anse, TO the exclusion OF vast majority
of such as are Thought of icss con,e-
qasucc, But the articles Tor which one
,as very frequent occasion to consult a
Gazetteer. are those but OF little nutori
ETY.; work, therefore, formed upon
such priRcip,es, will, at one time or
thrr, ue found altogether defective. II
i, indeed impoS ibe to determine those
a tic!es IN geography which will be lost
interesting. ~i,nout knowing the tuture
history Of tie world Places, not im.
aortant III themseive>, are often render.
ed highly so, BY events connected with
them. Every intelligsn, U,an, upon read.
ing the history of any memorable trans.
action, feels DESTROYS Of knowing the ~.
|tuation of the place where it happened.
But in the Gazet,eers, in general use,
he towns Of Aibuhera, Ausierlitz, 81.
rodino, Hohinlinden, Wagram, Water
loo, and various others, rendered iamcu
turing the late wars in Europe, are nc,
10 be found.
The Gazetteer now proposed will.
AR ID it respects the modern gcograpt,
ii the eastern continent, be founded unc
re basis of that of Cru,,we!l, with aie
nons and corrections. On the subject Of
cicnt geography, the work Of The cele.
,rated D'Anvilie will be made the prin
alpal basis. With respect to America,
mat :rials have been collected /. ON O
great variety OF SOURCES. And the work
will@be found far more complete, with
-eoard to this continent, than any that
mas yet been ? 'blisheo. II will conprise
in two large volumes, and in Que al.
l,habeticaI series, more than four times
as many articles of Geo .raphy, as are
iD the Gazettecrs which have
been published in America,
The compiler originally formed the de.
sign OF publishing IN on volume bic.
'ionary Of Geography, under every arti.
Gle of which. those particulars only, for
which a Gazetteer is usually consulted.
would be specified. With III $ view hp
proceeded to make his preparations. But
upon calculation, he found that il would
be impossible to reduce his materials TO
Inc compass of a single volume, without
swelling it to an iaconvenient size. He
has therefore been induced to alter his
design, and to adopt the plan Of giving
a more extended account of all the i'm
portant matters, and Of publishing the
work in two volumes and he hopes,
that'by emitting history, and every thing
not important to be retained in such a
work, and cendensirg what is valuable
into the arrowest compass, by the use
Of authorizations, which yill be made
perfectly Ineligible bv key, be shall
be able to furni>h in the space of two w.
lumes, a more complete book Of reference
on the subject of Biography. than has yet
in the form of a Gazetteer been present
ed 20 the public. 1t will readily be seea
that the design must require much labo'
and expense. The compiler respectful.
submit. 10 the public under the impress
sion that such work is much needed.
and that, if well executed, it will be|
highly useful to gentlemen OF every pro
Iessioa and employment; and with the
hope that be shall receive such encsu
ragement as to enable him to render IT
not altogether unworthy Of patronage.
CONDITIONS.
rda work shall be handsomely print.