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tmknown, we are indebted to many other gentle- 

 men for various publications which have sened 

 greatly to improve American geography. The 

 Geographical Essays of Lewis Evans, published in 

 17.50, together with the maps accompanying them, 

 formed an important step in the progress of our 

 knowledge of that part of America of which he 

 treated. Dr. John Alitchill, an Englishman, who 

 resided some years in Virginia, and whose name 

 has been frequently mentioned in this work, con- 

 tributed not a little to extend our knowledge of 

 American geography. His Map of North Americay 

 published about the year 175-5, was, for some time 

 after its publication, the best extant. The geogra- 

 phy of Virginia has been well illustrated by Mr. 

 Jefferson ; of Kentucky, by Mr. Imlay ; of New 

 Hampshire, by Dr. Belknap ; of Vermont , by Dr. 

 Williams ; and of the District of Maine, by Mr. 

 Sullivan. But the most full and satisfactory work 

 on American get>graphy hitherto given to the pub- 

 lic, is that by the rev. Dr. Morse, ^vhose talents, 

 zeal, and industry, in collecting and digesting a 

 large amount of information on this subject, are 

 well known both in Europe and America, and ha^•e 

 been very honourably rewarded by public pa- 

 tronage. 



The geography of Soiilh America, though fai' 

 from being so fully and accurately understood as 

 could be wished, has yet been much investigated 

 and made known during the last age. At an early 

 period of the century don Ulloa, who wrys before 

 mentioned, visited and ;;pent much time in Peru, 

 Chili, the kingdom of Nezv Granada, and several of 

 the provinces bordering on the ^tcxican Gulf. 



