THE NEW AND COMPREHENSIVE GAZETTEER

Being a Delineation of the Present State of the World, From the Most Recent Authorities, Arranged in Alphabetical Order, and Constituting a Systematic Dictionary of GeographyIN the early ages of science, the materials requisite for the pro duction of geographical works must, necessarily, have been few, and those liable to great and prominent errors. The difficulties attending the navigation of unknown seas, or of exploring uninhabited deserts, were too great to admit of those frequent interchanges with foreign countries which have formed the basis of modern geographical discovery