E U R O P E .
N ames as»
P rovinces.
T U R K E Y IN
C I I A P T Ë R I.
H i s t o r i c a l G e o g r a p ^ « ’ i
Names.— Extent.— Boundaries.— Original Population.— ProgfeJ/iv^ Geography-.—
HiJtorual Epochs and Antiquities.
TH E T u rk ilh empiré, once fo'formidable to Europe^'has lately-funic
before the power o f Ruffia ; and maÿ 'pr^Bâbîy, a t ntT v é ty ‘ iJiftant
period, be u tte r ly annihilated, o r fédtïcêd to' a few ’Aaiatfe* provinces.
Yet.ancient famé conTpires w ith th e re g a in in g extent ’arid pupulitioii
o f t h ç ï u r k i f h dominions, fo ? entitle thife'pQwêiîp at place ~ amonffiÿftff
preponderating forcreigpities both o f Edrope' AnulzUia. ' / T u rk e y ^m
Europe is computed to contain 182,590 fqtfâre mïFès'j*a n extent 'which
exceeds th a t o f Spain, o r even France under, th e a n c ie n t m onarchy"
and m u ll therefore he ftill c la ffëd am P n g 'th e feaaing'ppw'ers e v e irn f
this quarter o f thé world.
As European T u rk ey forms a recent fpvereignty, the greater part o f
which was fubjugated in th e fifteenth eentury, after th e fall o f Conftan-
tinople and o f the Byzantine empire, there is no ancient appellation for
its whole extent. I t embraces many ancient.kingdoms and republics,
which now only afford a melancholy remembrance o f claffical names
and events. Moldavia," the moft northern province, was part" o f
' ancient Dacia ; and Jaffy the capital was th e IaJJiorum Municipium o f
8 i l l ÉÉif .the'