The Florence tribune., 1898-07-23
HEYLYN'S C0SMOGRAPHY. A Rare Work of Which Only Two
 Copies Remain. An old Geographical History of the World - It's Most Interesting
 Part Relates to
 America.

A Boston paper recently announced the sale of copy of Heylyn's Cosmog- raphy, published in 1677, andstated that it was the only copy of the work extant. This assertion, however, is not true, for Mir. r. \. Kent. Of the firm of Kent &i Stuchheld. of this city, has a copy of this valuable work in an excellent state oi preservation 1i waa given him by hls father. aud is ! valued heirloomin the family.
 The book, as its name implies, is sa ge- ographical history of the world, writ ten by Pcter Heylyn and published in London. according to the title page, 20 years ago, by Andrew Clark for Philip Chetwind and Anne Seile. It is a large, strongly bound volume, printed in old fashioned English, and divided into four books.
 The first book containes the chirog- raphy and history of Italy, the Alpine provinces, France, Spain and Britain. with the isles thereof; the second book of Belgium, Germany, Denmark. Swethland, Muscany, Poland, Hungary, Dalmacia, Dacia. Greece, with the isles thereof; the third book Greater and Lesser Asia and all principal provinces. kingdoms seas and isles; while the fourth and last book relates to Africa and all the principal kingdoms, prov inces and isles, and America The spell ing of the above names is given as in the book.
 The most interesting portion of the work is that relating to America, of which comparatively little was known at that time. In the opening chapter he bounds it as follows: America. fhe fourth and last part of the world, is bounded on the east by the Atlantic ocean and Virginian seas, by which it is parted from Europe and Africa, which seas the mariners call the Mare iIel Noordt; on the west by the Pacific ocean. which mariners caA Mare Del Eur, which divides it from Asia; on the south by what is part of Terra Aus- trails Incognita, from which it is sep : rated by long and narrow streigiit called the Streight of Magellan The north bounds Of f hitherto not so we3 discovered that we can certainly affirm 1t to be island or eontinent
 Itw w51I be seen by the above that Ans tralia was believed to reach 10 the Straits of the Magellan
 The maps, which are dated 1863, are very complex and covered with a multi plicity of names. The contour of South America is given very accurately, but that of North America is scarcely recognizable. The Massachusetts. and Virginia, and Florida coasts are fairly good and many of the names of capes. rivers and towns are the same which they now have. However, the Gulf of St. Lawrence is shown to extend from the ocean along the northern edge of New E1giand to point about where Chiea- go now stands, and here nearly joins the southern point of Hudson's bay. The great lakes are not designated Santa Fe, \. M., is placed on about the same latitude as New England. while California is the name given to what is now known as Lower Califor- nia, and is represented as a great island, it's northern end extending up into the Terra Incognita.
 Heylyn gives the general name oi Peruana to the northern and Mexicana to the southern continent. His maps display tendency to recklessness ir the profusion of great rivers indicated many as large as the Nile and flowing complacently through the mountains and valleys alike.
 According to this work the scheme ot a canal to cut the Isthmus of Panam;
 was conceived at that early date. H.
 says: Some have thought of turning
 these two peninsulas into perfect islands
 by cutting through the isthmus. Ger
 tain it is that many have motioned tt
 the council of Spain 10 do this, an,
 thus shorten the voyage 10 China an, ] Malueca
 1 The reasons given for not undertak
 ing the scheme were either lack of mon | ey or dansre from 1rivfr,o, rfra4ae f9l