ITALY. , 



SITUATION AND EXTENT. 



Miles. 



Length 650? 

 Breadth 200} 



between 



Degrees. 



38 aim 46 North latitude. 

 8 and 18 30 East longitude. 



Containing, after deducting the territory lately annexed to France, 

 and including the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, 71,050 square miles, 

 with 220 inhabitants to each. 



Name. ..The name of Italy, Italia, is usually derived from Italus, the 

 leader. of an ancient colony from Arcadia. Sir Walter Raleigh has 

 supposed, with equal ingenuity and probability, that it is the same 

 with JLiolia, and received from a colony of Greeks from that country. 



Boundaries ...Italy is bounded on the north by Switzerland and the 

 circle of Austria ; on the east by the Adriatic Sea, on the south by 

 th<. Mediterranean, on the west by Switzerland and France. 



Divisions. ...Italy, at present, contains the following states and kln§;= 

 doms. 



States. 



S. Miles. 



Population. 



Chief Towns. 



Kingdom ot Italy, 



9,280 



3,555 500 



Milan. 



Ligutian Republic, 



1,760 



60 ,00 



Genoa. 



Duchy of Venice, 



8,000 



2,0w0,000 



Venice. 



Duchy ol Parma } 

 and Placenua, 5 



1,440 



250,000 



Parma. 



Republic of Lucca, 



368 



120,000 



Lucca. 



Kingdom ofEtruria, 



7,360 



1,050,000 



Florence. 



Re pub. ol San Marino 



32 



5,000 



San Marino, 



The Ecclesia-.tical State, 



10.080 



1, 50^,000 



Rome. 



Kingdom of Naples, 



20.500 



4,700,000 



Naples. 



Island and kingd. of Sicily, 



7,300 



1,300,000 



Palermo. 



Isld. and kingd. of Sardinia, 



6,930 



423,500 



Cagliari. 



Total 



,71,050 



15,504,000 





Considerable changes are expected to take place, in the political 

 divisions of Italy, in consequence of the late revolution in France, but 

 to what extent, is not yet known. 



Face of the country. ...The beautiful prospects and scenery of 

 Italy have been the theme of almost all travellers in this delightful 

 country. In some parts, indeed, there are extensive plains which have 

 rather a naked, though not a barren appearance, and in others marshes 

 and standing waters, which render the air unwholesome; but the ge- 

 neral aspect of the country presents rich groves of olive, orange, 

 citron, almonds, and other fruit-trees, intermingled with corn fields, in- 

 closed by rows of tall poplars, elms, and mulberry trees, which support 

 the luxuriant branches of the vine ; while transparent streams descend 

 the eminences, and meander through the vallies, exhibiting at once 

 the image of the most exuberant fertility, and forming the most va° 

 ried and enchanting landscapes, 



