ESTABLISHED SCHOOL BOOKS. 



Just published in one thick volume Svo. price 18^. bound, the Third Edition, 

 enlarged and corrected to the present time, of 



A GAZETTEER 



OF THE 



MOST REMARKABLE PLACES IN THE WORLD ; 



WITH BRIEF NOTICES OF 



THE PRINCIPAL HISTORICAL EVENTS, 

 AND OF THE MOST CELEBRATED PERSONS CONNECTED WITH THEM. 



To which are annexed, References to Books of History, Voyages, Travels, 



&c. ; intended to promote the Improvement of Youth in Geography, 



History, and Biography. 



By THOMAS BOURN, 



Teacher of JFriting mid Geography, Hackney. 



This Gazetteer has been compiled with a view of imparting' more historical, bio§fra- 

 phical, and miscellaneous information, tlian is generally found iu such works ; and of 

 thus exciting the attention and facihtating the improvement of young persons in the 

 agreeable and useful science of Geography. It does not profess to notice every place in 

 the world, but those only which are most worthy of attention. The Gazetteers of 

 Brookes, Crutweli, Walker, &c., profess to give an account of all the places in the 

 world, and, though the Author does not wish to depreciate the labours of his prede- 

 cessors, he cannot help observing, that several places, which he considers of importance, 

 are omitted in those works, though they will be found in this. 



Long and pompous descriptions of buildings, and prolix accounts of natural scenery 

 have been omitted, as they are extremely tedious to young persons, and totally inade- 

 quate to convey correct ideas of their appearance : 



" That which was formed to captivate the eye 

 The ear must coldly taste ;" 



but places where memorable events have occurred, where any art has been invented, 

 where eminent persons have been horn or have died, are easily remembered ; and the 

 curiosity of the intelligent pupil is excited by the inquiries of the judicious teacher, 

 respecting the effects which those events and those arts have produced upon the aspect 

 of human affairs, and the influence M'hich those characters have exercised over mankind. 

 The references to works of History, Biography, Voyages, Travels, &c., from which 

 the information has been derived, are not annexed for the purpose of an ostentatious 

 display of extensive reading, or for the sake of authority oidy, but to afford the inquisi- 

 tive student an oj)portunity of obtaining further knowledge. 



Separate Tables of Longitude and Latitude are annexed to each division of Europe, 

 Asia, Africa, North and South America, the AVest Indies, and Australasia and Poly- 

 nesia, wliich will give the tutor an opportunity of exercising his pupils, in finding the 

 places by the Longitude and Latitude, and at the same time of interrogating them 



