Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-03-10
Proposals for Publishing
"A uN!"9R ,zE rEER
Dictiosary u Geography,
\ tent AMI VI rle "a;

leut anI Mrte
Coptaip,ne more complete enume'-
Gon han has hithe' to been published,
tbs Kingdoms. countries. provinces. 6
,;a. towns. forts. islands mountain s:
aapes. seas, bays, lakes, rivers, India
Tribes. etc in the known world WI
. cr,ious accornt f all the impnrtah
art;cIes. Rs y w TER A. VI
PROSPECTUS.
VSIE vera. nc pa'rv""{
Of the public, :. nov .allcited. should
- 10 executed With sufficient accuracy
,v;ll, il j. believed. BE- one OF much con
Ssn;ence and utility. The ~ast ,"i d
more complete Dictionary oil 'eosraPhy
,hsn has vet beea published in America
Sss bsen extensively fe!' by gentlemen q
,e,.pip. AID intelligence Crutwe'fs
G,zrtteer, the most complete wViH u
The kind ever published in Engii'h' Is 10"
volu I,;nous aud expensive to come M"
scnsrs, use; and with respect to his
country, it is too incomplete aud ,naosu'
rate to satisfy an American Inc ga
,sttsers which have been published II.
America. how well soever thee may De
ada,ied 10 answer the design Tor whicf
they were intended yet. considered a.
Universal dictionaries Of Ge"sra?h2, are
exceedingly imperfect They are com
piled upon thu principle OF noticing 'n'sr
srtic,es tnat are 1T conside able import
ance. I, the exclusion 81 vast majority
NJ such a. are thought Of less con'e
oaence. But tie articles for which one
has very frequent occasion to consult a
Gazetteer. are thnse bat nj little h9iori-
.ty. work. therefore, formed Upon
such r-iacipses, will, at one time OF
tber. be fund together defective. 1t
is indeed limos ible tn determine thoss
articles in geograi'ns winch viii oe nos
Interesting. wiiGout knowing the 'u'urt
history IF the world Place. not IN
po-ta3t i, themselves, a'e olten rende'.
ell hi Nv so. ny events cnGnec'ec VIA
the "a. Every INTEL gent man, upon read
in. the history of any memorable trans
actin ,, feels t!esiruus of knowing the 81,
mtsion of the place where II happcne
Ru in the Gazet'serS. in genera u'9
the towns ef AlbuheIa, AaST-rl'tz, BE-,
rodir,. Hohinlinden, WagaP Notsf.
Ion. an,l various others, re ldered tamou'
during the late wars in Europe, are not
20 be found.
Inc Gazetteer nov proposed viii. 50
q a, Il res,ects - modern geogrtPh'
Of the eastern continent, be founded Ipn"
the ba ~ or that NJ ''ruJtwell, with add.
TIM, ard corrections On the subject %
a c;eNt geography. the work 1t the crIo.
bra:ed O'aay;l!e will ne made me p.i'
oiDa' ns.is. With respect to America.
ma IaIs have been collected ! ON :
great variety Of sources. md the work
wi BE- found far more complete, with
regard {, this continent. han any tht'
Ia, vet beeu published. II will toapriSc
in two large volune., and in oar a
phabetcal series, more than tour times
as many articles os GeOe a. are
contained IN the Gszetteers Which have
be ,ubIished in America.
he compiler originally fOrme'l the de
sign Of publishing in On volume Tic.
tiuslarF OF Geography. under every art'.
ele If which those particulars only. to-
Which a Gazetteer is usually consulted,
w,nd be sneclfed With ih S view hr
proc,etrd to cake his preparations But
upnn calculation, he IDuHd that IL would
b. unn.slble TO reduce MS materials ~
The comp IS If a single volume, withou,
swelling it to an inconvenleat size. tie
ha> the efore been induce ; 70 alter hi
d,.isn, and 70 adopt the pan Of giving
a mare extpnded account Of ali the i'm
portant matters, aud Of pub ish;ng the
work in t~o volumes and he hopes
that by emitting hi'tOr, and every thing
not important to be retained in such q
wnk. aud condensirg what is valuable
into the iarrowest compass, by the use
of ab5reviayions, which sill be made
perfectly ineligible ~ key, ha shall
BE- able to furnish in the space of two vo
dunes, more complete book of reference
on the subject Of Geography, than has ye,
in the fo N of Gazetteer been present
ed 10 the public. 1t will readily be seer
that the design must require much labo'
and expense. The compiler respectful,
submits tito the public uuder the impress
sion that such a work is much needed
aud thai. It well executed, il will be
hisN J useful to gentlemeR Il every pro
fessio:. aid employment : aud with the
hope that ne shall receive such encou
rasemen, as to enable him to render I.
not altogether unworthy OF patronage.
CONDITIONS.
The FORK shall be- handsomely print
Ell ~ two volumes. on line paper with q