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Excerpt from The Modern Traveller, Vol. 13 of 30: A Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe We now enter upon one of the most important provinces of Brazil, the auriferous regions of Minas Geraes (General Mines), in the heart of which the Marquis Pombal would have placed the new capital of the Portuguese empire, which he projected to transfer to the western hemisphere. In some respects, ...

Excerpt from The Modern Traveller, Vol. 19 of 30: A Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe Hispalis, the capital of Hispania Bætica, of which Seville is the representative, is mentioned by Strabo, Pomponius Mela, Pliny, and Ptolemy, as being ancient even in their time. It is supposed to have been founded by the Phenicians, - according to the popular tradition, by Hercules. By the Romans...

Excerpt from The Modern Traveller, Vol. 17 of 30 [An empire in Europe and Asia, lying between lat. 38 N. and 78 N.: bounded on the N. by the Arctic Sea, on the S. by Turkey, the Black Sea, the territory of the Kirguiss Cossacks, and the Chinese dominions, on the E. by the Pacific Ocean, and on the W. by Swedish Lapland, the Gulf of Bothnia, Prussia, and Poland.] About the middle of the ninth century, am embassy was sent from Theophilus, Empe...

Excerpt from Wages or the Whip: An Essay on the Comparative Cost and Productiveness of Free and Slave Labour Sea? Unless this can be Shewn to be precluded by some physical impossibility, some local cause of mysterious force, sufficient to counteract the natural elasticity of the mind relieved from the pressure of the iron yoke, nothing, to use the words of the American Professor, will justify slave la bour in point of economy. About the Publ...

Excerpt from The Modern Traveller, Vol. 2 of 30: A Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe Dr. Pococke conjectures, that Syria might possibly receive its name from Sur, the ancient name of Tyre, the chief city of the whole country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduct...

Excerpt from The Modern Traveller, Vol. 9 of 30: A Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe While these important transactions were taking place at Poonah and Nagpoor, so confounding to all who had either openly or secretly taken part in the hostile confederacy, the Pindarries had been completely driven out of their haunts in Malwah, by the three divisions under Brigadier-generals Malcolm...

Excerpt from Protestant Nonconformity, Vol. 1 of 2 The present Work is an attempt to redeem the subject of which it treats, from the disadvantages of fugitive controversy. Hitherto, the principles of Nonconformity have never been fairly and explicitly exhibited, as a coherent system of religions and political truth, owing, in part, to a circumstance which must be allowed to reflect some credit upon the Dissenters. All, or nearly all, the publ...

Excerpt from The Modern Traveller, Vol. 14 of 30: A Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe Turkey is a barbarous term of equivocal import, which ought long ago to have been excluded from geography. Whether we understand it as denoting the country of the Turks or the dominions of the Grand Turk, (as the Sultan used to be denominated, ) the appellation has little propriety. That portion o...

Excerpt from The Modern Traveller, Vol. 8 of 30: A Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe, India, Vol, 2About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving t...

Excerpt from Italy, Vol. 3 of 3: Pisa Siena Rome Naples Cramer's Ancient Italy, vol. I. P. 175. - No vestiges appear to remain of the ancient port, which was a mere road, open to every Wind, and the deposits Of the Arno must have changed the aspect Of the coast. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important histo...

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Excerpt from The Modern Traveller, Vol. 10 of 30: Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe Meerut, the chief town of the district of South Saharunpoor, is now one of the principal military stations in the Upper Provinces. It is situated about 39 miles N. Of Delhi, in lat. 28° 58' N long. 77° 38' E. It is thus described by Bishop Heber. Meerut is a very extensive cantonment, but less widel...

Excerpt from The Modern Traveller, Vol. 21 of 30: A Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the GlobeAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original fo...

Excerpt from The Modern Traveller, Vol. 1 of 30: Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe Were a collection of Voyages and Travels to be now published, in order to have any claim to complete ness, it could not be comprised in less than fifty or sixty quarto volumes, - the size of an Encyclopaedia, and after all, the collection would present only the crude materials of geographical knowled...

Excerpt from The Modern Traveller, Vol. 27 of 30: A Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe The well -chosen name of Colombia was assumed by the provinces formerly composing the vice-royalty of New Granada and the captain-generalship of Venezuela, on their incorporation into a Federal Republic in the year 1819. The country was dis. Covered by Columbus, and thus, more than three hundred y...