The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-11

which was pubIisned In London III -,
The book is described as "A large vol.
ume of over seven hundred pages, and
1T contains many remarkable maps and
descriptions of countries which. IN this
age, are genuine curioSities. showing
as they do how little the people of one
hundred and seventy years ago knew
about this great world, and particularly
about America. The book is entitled:
The Compleat Geographer. or the
Chorography and Topography of All
the Known Parts of the Earth. to
Which Is Promised an Introduction Ia
Geography and Natural History OF
the Earth and its Elements" The
book was in its fourth edition The
spelling throughout is of the ancient
order with the old style and char
acters, which gives the book decidedly
quaint appearance, which is increased
10y the names of all the countries, lakes,
rivers, capes, islands, etc, being print
Ell in italics
What is now part of the United
States appears on this map rs Canada
or New France, and all OF the extreme
eastern states, including Maine. New
Hampshire. Massachusetts, Rhode Is
land, Connecticut, New Jersey, Della
ware, Virginia. the Carolinas and part
of Florida. are classed as the English
empire and New England. Across tho
81. Lawrence river on the north is New
Britain or New France or Canada. as II
is called in as many different places.
Part of the Labrador peninsula is
marked off and booked as Prince Ru-
pert's land, and the rest is called Ter
ri de Labrador" South of the great
lakes is a strip of land devoted 10 tho
nations of the lroquoi" The Atlantic
ocean appears on the map as the sea
Of the English empire" IL being the
policy of England in those days td
claim everything in sight. whether il
was habitable or not To the west Of
Hudson's bay appear New North Wales
and New Yorkshire, and lower down
New South Wales is outlined
The map showing what is now the
United States is entitled: MAP show
ing the Isle of California, New Mexico,
Louisiana, the River Misisipi and the
Lakes of Canada" The most remark.
able feature of the whole map is in its
making California an island The Gulf
of California is shown extending
about as far north as Oregon. and Cali
fornia is separated from the mainland
by the north straits. The northern
part of California is named New Albion.
and the general outline is about rs far
from that Of Lower California as any
thing could be. II looks as though the
explorers from whose sketches tho map
was taken had gone up into the gulf 81
California a short distance and then
come 10 the conclusion that the land to'
the west of them was an Island and
turned around and went back again.
The "Nisisipi'' river is shown as enter
ing the gulf of Mexico away over on
the western side. several hundred miles
from where It's mouth really j.. Louis
lana and Florida occupy the entire ter
ritory west Of the Mississippi a far IS
the British possessions The northern
boundary Of Florida is away up in Ala
bama and Georgia The country west
of the river j. divided up into New
Louisiana, -" which takes in what il nov
Minnesota and the twn Dakotas. Iowa.
Nebraska. Kansas. Mississippi Ar-
kansas, Indian territory and Louisiana,
New Mexico or New Granada or
Narata. which covers Nevada.
Utah, Colorado. New Mexico Arr
,oua aud California Texas $ IN
;luded ia Mexico or New Spain.
IS Il is given on the map Montana,
Washington. Oregon. Idaho and WyOrn-
ny are shown "a q blank waste. 4
)iece Of country which would take ira
he eastern part Of Montana is named
m this wonderful map az "Tinthouia.
he Land 81 PaniInAha" covers q part
Z Nevada and origOn- Three lakes in
he country then known as New south
Wales, which probably represent
axes Winnipeg Manitoba and VIM
ipegosis % to-day. appear on the map
= Lake Assinnibouils Lake Ehrlstinza
nd Lake des sioux On the west tank
4 the last-namsd lake ia represented \
arge tree. on which the arms - France
re said 20 IL cat. Lakes Superior aad
appear On the map as LAX,
'racy and Illinois lake Fort Froa.e-
ac appears az The 30~sr end ~ Lake
where Kingston now stan ds
z Fort Niagara the map ssTs here -
great waterfall The western bo-6sr
I the MOTH American continent north
: California 8 not outlined =: ali. and
ae map sSzs that the ives. "a not de-
sszsi1ed as reaching the ns:soas not
q discovered --Anaeonda STANDARD