62 Geographi), [Chap. V. 



feet list : — New Hampshire^ by Holland ; Vermont, 

 by Whitelaw ; Rhode Island, by Harris ; Connecti'* 

 ciit^ by Bloclget ; Peyinsylvania, by Scull, and by 

 Howell ; Maryland and Delaware, by Griffiths ; 

 Virginia, by Fry and Jefferson ; the country west 

 of the Jlleghan}) Mountains, by Hutchins, Imlay, 

 Lewis, and Williamson ; North and South Carolina, 

 by Mouzon, Purcell, and others ; and Kentucky, 

 by Barker"^. The Charts which have been formed 

 in modern times are also distinguished by their ex- 

 cellence, above all preceding specimens. Among 

 these, the Neptune Orientate of M. de Mannivilette; 

 the charts of the Atlantic, by Bellin ; of the Pacific^ 

 by Arrowsmith ; of the American coast, by du 

 Barres, Holland, and Malespina ; of the Western 

 Isles, by Huddart ; of the coasts of Spain, by To- 

 fnio ; and the numerous charts of detached islands,, 

 coasts, harbours, and straits, by Dalryniple ^ are 

 among the most respectable. 



The Gazetteers, Atlases, and other helps to the- 

 acquisition of geographical knowledge, have also 

 become very numerous during the last age. They 

 Were not only less common in former periods, but, 

 in fact, little known, and of small comparative 

 value. Their introduction into popular use is a 

 pecu] iar Ity of the eighteenth century. The authors 

 and compilers of these are so generally known, 

 that it is unnecessary to enumerate them. Those 



. * To this list may now be adued a large and elegant IViap of 

 the state of Kew York^ published in 1803, by Simeon de Witt, 

 esq., surveyor-general. I^his map does its author great honour ; 

 and is, probably, the best delineation that ha. yet bfen given ol 

 any part of our country. 



