Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-03-05
Dictionary IF Geography,
Incieut and Mosiefu I;

Dictionary " Geography
Iuc,eut and Modern;
Containing more complete enumers
t;on than has hitherto been published. -
the kingdoms, countries provinces, Co
tiss, towns. forts. islands neuntain'
canes, seas, bays, lakes, rivers, India
Tribes. etc in the known world WI
a cruious account VI all toe iIRP"rta
arhcies. By ] e. Worcester, A. NJ.
PROSPECTUS.
yTlHE work, for which the patronag,,
ofths pablo 10 now solicited. sh'u'a
II ne executed with sufficient accuracy
will. il il believed, b. one OF mach con-
yeniesce and utility. The "aat OF a
more complete Dictionary OF Geography
man has vet been published in A"ersea,
has ben exteus,vpiy feltby gentlemen oil
sesrninp AID intelligence. Crutweas
G,zetteer. ths most complete work OF
the Mind ever published in English 10 TOO
yoldrinous and expensive to come into
general use; aud with respect to tins
Country, it is toe incomplete aud ,nae,u
rat. to satisfy an American Inc Va
xett.rr, which have been published II
America, how well soever fhes may OF
ada,ted 70 answer the design tor which
they were intended yet, consIderea as
iTnircrsal Dictiona ies of Geography, are
sxc.edingly imperfect They are cum
Uiied upon the principle OF Noticing these
article, tnat are Of cnnside able import
ance. 10 the exclusion Ot vast majority
al such A. are thought OF less eohae'
ausn.e, But the articles for which one
has very frequent occasion to eonsai' a
Cs,.ttser are those bit Of little notori-
ETY.: work, therefore, torhSd uP'h
snch principles, will, at ore hns Or
+hsr. :, ',aurd ,itoge Their detective. Ii
i plee.i imoss iple to deterh'ne those
a tlries in geography which will We "'s'
ir,sr.stinq. .i,nout knowing the iuture
b;srory of the world Places, NOT Im-
portant in themselves. are oiten rei'dcf.
ed highly so. by events connected WIN
then. Every iutelllgert man, upon read
jny the history of any meporab'e traHS'
,e,ior, feels de .i"ous at Knowing the ~.
tu,tinn " .he p CT wh,ce i haPpeuet.
Bu, >, ~ Gazet'eers. ia general use
tAe ~, nf Aibahera, iu-terhty, 80.
rs.--5 Hohinliuder, Wag-am Water.
loo. aGd various others, re .nercd 'amen-
during thr late wars in Europe, ate not
60 ). found.
The Gaxette.r now proposed will. 50,
far az il respects the modern geography
of the eastern continent, be founded gp"nl
thr basis of that Of Cruttweil, with adSL
ti,nS and corrections. On the sualect ."f
. ciea, geography, the work ct the ceie,
britel D'Anville will be made the pri'
sioal basis. With respect to America,
mat rails have been collected Tom a
Great variety u SOURCES. And the work
vii be found far more complete, with
regard to this continent. han any thai
has vet been publ, shed II will conpris'
10 tvo large volumes, and in one al
paabet;cal series, more than tour times
IS many articles Of Geography. as ate
Contained 10 tae G.z"'teers which have
oeen pu0slSheu IN tme' CD
The .comriler originally formed the de
siyn Of publishing IN Oh volume Die.
fnhary of Geography. under every art'.
se ,f which. those particulars oniy, to-
which a Gazetteer is usually consulted.
YOU'D be specified. With tbs view he
proceeded to make b's Preparations But
upon calculation, he lound mat II would
be impossible TO reduce his materials :"
the compass Of single volu ne, withoni
swelling il to an ineunve'ient size. tie
has the efore been induced TO alter HI.
design, and TO adopt the plan 81 givi"g
a m,re axisnded account ut all the im
partant matters, and OF pub l,h;ng the
work in two volumes ; and he hopes
that By emitting history, aud every thins
no. rasnrtant to b. retained IN ssoh Il
wv aud condensi"g what is valuable
int ,ae ,arrowest compass, by the use
OF seo-r vistions, which ill be made
perfectly intelligiblr b. key. ne shat
b. abb. 70 furn,-h in the space OF two w
lu.n"s. a nore complete book Of reference
on the snbjsc, If Geography, than has YET
in The form of Gszetteer seen PRESENT
ed 10 the pablo. II will readily be seen
that the de-ign naust require much labo
aud expense. The compile respectfully
subuits tie the public under the imPres
sion that such a Wark = much needed
aud that, il we'll executed, it will DC
highly useful 10 gentiemes OF every pro.
fe,sio. aid empl,,men. aud with the
none that he shal, receive such encou
sasemsnt A. to enable him 10 render II
not altogether Unworthy Of patronage.
CONDITIONS.
r.. znrk shail he Handsomely Print