and precife diftributi jn of the parts of the hal it able world ; while the
recent difcoveries of La Pèroufe, V meouvei, randy, other n.av g itörs,
nearly cömpl^l EK i n t a r ibn"-' <) f .éhe-contïhgnt^l ihores. Nóperiod
of' time could be more favourable to the appi trance of a new
lyftem of geography, 'than the % ||m h ïg of a new century, after; the
elapfe of the eighteenth, which will be memorable in all ages, from
the gigantic prog-refs of every Lienee, and in- particular of geoJgrjipllicS
information jihjbLl^fsf foam!th§r durprififig whb h. /havi^ f e ken
plao|hig.‘«Srbftieb'untriesrbC Europe^ and.LwSMr-of tbfimfèlvfes rqlllëf a
iaewt jlcfcriptipn^ Ln^focj>fahle.. Whole ki^gdbtns IfAv?- been, anmfih.
teed^i grand provinces tranpofredl-:’ ^ahei fuchrajgqnhral^yjleKltYpn Ifes
taken jdadglp Mates ahff höuiïdaries, tln r'a ^oRraphiggL a t>rk yaolidied
five- years Ago i hav be’pfanoimced to fee already '
After a general war jo£f the - clcfc
tiêns of the paoft aftonifhing nature^ Europe? atfotigth renóffe in iMw
vcrjjil. peace. 'Hie new divisions.and bsmndaricv no 1 (mge
with every campaign, but are eftablifheWhy^föïélmn trjSatipsb; wh
mile tobbe durable, as at bo former period ^Hais*1 h-nre-ap p'qaH?p%h'OTe
fanguinary“ or fleftruétive, and af:\^-r^^^Sn^'^^re^rmJféfe’ëv0n,:tc?
the vigors..., T h é ïè treat iesK nrit’,i®Jy' in Oticrice'i.|hl>;i'ip'Pio i’is isfKEa-
Topean countries, but o f many in Aftap Africa ,~andhAfldiK% Y j
A hew fyftem o f geography Is al'fo fpeciall^èuthiémédlah’d ^ ^ ^ h -
ticafed, by the fingutat advantage o f fo^efaKmportant népMf'éffevéls
having* appeared, within thefe'Lewyfear&, which ihfioekieétjfeu;'"more
light and precifion into bur knowfedgerof many regfotis. ' !The,;eihb$lV
fies- to China, Tibet, and Ava, for example, prefent-frelh and' aptlieotTc
materials, without which recourfe muft have been had W-nicffc‘remote
and doubtful information ; ~and the Birman ‘empire!. L/tftKqo'#h, tdyaïl
lyftems of gbi^raphy. The Refearches of the-Afiatic Society, *%hd-
| ‘ ‘ ** I '.other
other late wofks, • diflu fc a. new' radiance; -over Hindoftan, and the ad-
.jacent countries. The labours of tire African Society, thé. travels of
Park',. Browne, and Barrow, havAgiven more preqifiqL to our imperfect
1 rowledge of. Africa : md the j.our liesfof Hearne and Mackenzie
1 1 / onti l >utod to diftffl fe .the nc 'them boundaries of America. In
fhortj it m,'> be fafely, affirmed, that more important books of travels
and other fources of geographical infornlation, have appeared within
the'fe few years, than a t any period whatever of literary hiftory. v'- >
■ i d h ’th«i’öfevfëik th e O l U i r e i c # im f e e r « h i ^ 3 ^ ^ % | f ^ l s ^ » d v o y a g e s
p u H t e * , % e
favourite: anmfements of the moft diflfoguUhed minds, in all periods
and countries, as; combining -the variety, novelty, and adventure, of
■poeticaland-romantic narration, with thé ftudy of man, and the benefits ■
d , O ion- !t is mneceMhiy to repeat the marnes; of iVIontadgn,
I Montefquieu, &c, or that qf my late ;;^ $ 1 ?
denied to modern times 1
w;-|whmyft the p |d d s adv^n<|#ïp|l§atnmi. hiftpty, te p fg fg q t^ i, wfi^h
of mo&
-onuntrie^pNoLeAly».
M M — B w i t h » ^ f tw e n t y 1
accurately ^rradgftdpand
<Ke;lfterdA jyofld^thef'
* T he prefent fyftem o f^ J n e rd o g y f a s firft eftaWifhed b y | K I ' f V
followed by Werner, 1780. ' Mr. Kirwan.pubS^ed an excellent work, 1794, two Svo
^ r A ? M Ê k J m ™ ± this, important ftudy, fo effenUal to nat.ond. wealth and
P H has on the pew principles been, cultivated ^ 1 . üirprillng ardour and foccefs-.
Yet