Geographi/. 349 



scientific inquiry more prevalent in some late 

 productions of this class, than can be found in most 

 of their predecessors, has probably been often re- 

 marked by the most superficial readers. 



At the beginning of the eighteenth century, by 

 far the greater part of the Aincrkan Continent, and 

 even of what is now called the United States, was 

 unknown territory. Since that time a considerable 

 portion of it has been explored, and much curious 

 information respecting it furnished by numerous 

 travellers. 



Different portions of the southern and south- 

 western parts of North-America have been visited 

 and explored, during the period under review, by 

 Lawson," Bossu,"" Brickell, Adair,* Bartram/ 

 D'AuTEROCHE, and Clavigero,'' whose publica- 

 tions abound with instructive and interesting nar- 

 ratives concerning the territorial limits, the in- 

 habitants, and the natural history of the districts 

 which they traversed. Much information con- 

 cerning the geography of the western parts of 

 North-America has been given by Boon, Carver,"" 

 HuTCHiNS, and others; and the northern and north- 

 western, by Charlevoix, Curry, Long,* Pond, 

 Cartwright, Hearne,*" Henry, Turner, and 

 Mackenzie. The last named traveller has the 

 honour of being the first white man who ever 

 reached the Pacific Ocean by an over-land progress 

 from the east."^ 



u A JVetv yoyage to Carolina, containing the exact descrrptiony and Natural 

 History of that country. 4lO. I709. 



iv Travels in Louisiana. Translated by FoR ST ER. a vols. 8vo. 1 7 71. 



X Account of the American Indians. 



y Travels through North and South-Carolinay Georgia, l5'c. 



■3 History of Mexico. % vols. 4to. 



a Travels, 



b Travels of an Indian Interpreter. 4t0. 



c fourney from Prince of Wales'^s Fort, in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern 

 Ocean. 4to. 1 795. 



r/ Mr. Mackenzie, now Sir Alexander Mackenzie, ascertained, 

 beyond all dispute, that there is no northern communication between the 



