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Be Judged Of At Present, It Is Not Expected To Exceed Eighteen Or Twenty
Volumes.
Throughout the whole work, a series of Maps and Charts will be
inserted in their proper places, carefully selected and constructed for the
purpose of illustrating the various Voyages and Travels.
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so arranged as to form a regular Gazetteer of the whole world. In
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accessory sources of all the materials shall be distinctly indicated.
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these are drawn from various sources, the names of the authors from whom
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to the character of an original composition, in the strict acceptation of
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has necessarily bestowed, though always pleasing, has often been
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