Part 15
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A NEW SERIES OF PENNY MAPS.
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_Now publishing in Monthly Parts, price only 4½d., or 8½d. coloured (each Part to contain four Maps)_,
PHILIPS'
PENNY ATLAS OF THE WORLD,
IN A
Series of fifty-two Imperial Quarto Maps, Engraved on Steel,
INCLUDING
FIVE ANCIENT MAPS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS IN ANCIENT HISTORY,
WITH A COPIOUS CONSULTING INDEX OF PLACES.
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Geographical Knowledge was to a considerable extent an essential necessity even in the early periods of our world, cultivated indeed at first for almost purely social purposes, yet in the same proportion as our progenitors increased in numbers, so also did their extended range of observation instil into their minds the necessity of more practical observations on the relative bearings of the districts through which they passed, noting at the same time the numerous changes of hill and dale, rivulet and stream, and the countless varieties of the wonderful products with which it pleased Almighty God to bless its various regions. Hence progressively arose the Topographical and Geographical Delineations with which the Scriptures abound; to a similar cause may also be traced the contributions which the savage tribes have at various periods of our World's History added to the branches of Geographical science.
Now, in the same proportion as any people forming a Nation develope their commercial and intellectual strength, in the same ratio has it pleased Providence to render it necessary that its inhabitants should not only become acquainted with the Topographical and Geographical features, relative distances and bearings, of their own and neighbouring nations, but of every portion of the known world, even extending their researches to unknown regions. Indeed, no member of a commercial nation, especially in one where education is much diffused, is qualified to act his part aright as one of its people, unless he is able to form a tolerably accurate notion of the names of Nations, Places, Seas, Rivers, Mountains, &c., their relative position and extent, as well as to learn how richly the Creator of the Earth has endowed them all with the means of ministering to those comforts and pleasures of which man in every state of society and climate so much stands in need.
These reflections might be much extended, but the limits of a prospectus will not permit it. Suffice it to say that every Englishman, be he rich or poor, should have access to modern Maps of the various portions of the World, in order to possess the means of cultivating a knowledge of its divisions, the names of the chief Nations, Places, &c. &c., as well as to be able to form intellectual and commercial ideas of its numerous products, and the respective regions from whence come the countless varieties of foreign substances now in use among us as articles of ornament or necessity.
Now, though a Modern Atlas of the World is so essential to every family in this kingdom, still it has been almost limited in its possession, on account of the high price at which all really good and practical works have hitherto been issued. To remove this difficulty has been the principal motive which has induced the Proprietors of "PHILIPS' PENNY MODERN ATLAS" to issue a work which they feel satisfied will be universally admitted to be surprisingly cheap, and not surpassed in usefulness by any attempt hitherto made to extend the knowledge of Geography.
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LIST OF THE MAPS
Which will appear in PHILIPS' PENNY ATLAS, any of which may now be had separately, price ONE PENNY each Plain, or TWOPENCE Coloured:--
MODERN MAPS.
1. Western Hemisphere. 2. Eastern Hemisphere. 3. World on Mercator's Projection--Double Map. 4. Arctic Regions. 5. Europe--General Map. 6. British Isles. 7. England and Wales. 8. Scotland. 9. Ireland. 10. France, in Provinces. 11. France, in Departments. 12. Belgium. 13. Holland. 14. Prussia. 15. Poland. 16. Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. 17. Denmark. 18. Russia in Europe. 19. Germany. 20. Austria. 21. Switzerland. 22. Spain and Portugal. 23. Italy. 24. Turkey in Europe, and Greece. 25. Asia--General Map. 26. Turkey in Asia. 27. Russia in Asia. 28. Persia and Cabool. 29. Hindostan. 30. China. 31. East India Islands and Australia. 32. New South Wales. 33. Tasmania, or Van Dieman's Land. 34. New Zealand. 35. Africa--General Map. 36. Egypt. 37. America--General Map. 38. North America. 39. United States. 40. Canada. 41. Mexico, Guatimala, and Texas. 42. West Indies. 43. South America.
ANCIENT MAPS.
44. Palestine. 45. Orbis Veteribus Notus. 46. Orbis Romani Pars Occidentalis. 47. Orbis Romani Pars Orientalis. 48. Græcia Antiqua. 49. Table of the Comparative Height of Mountains. 50. Ditto ditto Length of Rivers.
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_Engraved in the best style, and embracing all the recent Geographical Discoveries._
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LIST OF THE MAPS.
1. The World on Mercator's Projection. 2. " Northern Hemisphere. 3. " Southern ditto. 4. " Eastern ditto. 5. " Western ditto. 6. North Horizontal ditto. 7. South ditto. 8. Europe. 9. Asia. 10. Africa. 11. America--General Map. 12. North America. 13. South America. 14. England. 15. Scotland. 16. Ireland. 17. British Isles. 18. The Channel Islands, including Isle of Man and Isle of Wight. 19. Chart of the Baltic Sea. 20. Sweden and Norway. 21. Denmark. 22. Germany--Northern part. 23. Germany--Southern part. 24. Holland. 25. Belgium. 26. France, in Departments. 27. France, in Provinces. 28. Spain and Portugal. 29. Chart of the Mediterranean. 30. Turkey in Europe and Greece. 31. Italy. 32. Venetian States. 33. Milanese States. 34. Tuscany and the States of the Church. 35. Naples and Sicily. 36. Switzerland. 37. Austria. 38. Prussia. 39. Poland. 40. Russia in Europe. 41. Russian Empire. 42. Tartary. 43. Corea and Islands of Japan. 44. China. 45. East India Islands. 46. Hindostan. 47. British India--Northern part. 48. British India--Southern part. 49. Birman Empire. 50. Persia. 51. Turkey in Asia. 52. Arabia. 53. Egypt and Abyssinia. 54. Palestine. 55. North and South Africa. 56. Atlantic Islands. 57. Chart of the Atlantic. 58. Canada, Nova Scotia, &c. 59. United States. 60. California, Mexico, &c. 61. Panama, Guatimala, &c. 62. West Indies. 63. Isles of Bermuda, Bahama, and Cuba. 64. Jamaica. 65. St. Domingo and Virgin Isles. 66. St. Christopher's, with Nevis and St. Lucia. 67. Antigua, with Guadaloupe, &c. 68. Dominico, with Martinico, &c. 69. Barbadoes and St. Vincent. 70. Trinidad, Grenada, Tobago, and Caraçoa. 71. Peru, Chili, and La Plata. 72. Caraccas and Guiana. 73. Islands in the Pacific. 74. Australia. 75. New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land. 76. South Australia. 77. New Zealand. 78. Chart of the North-west Passage between Europe and America. 79. Chart of the Discoveries of Ross, Parry, and Franklin in the Arctic Regions. 80. Table of the comparative Height of Mountains. 81. Ditto ditto Length of Rivers.
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ROMAN CATHOLIC QUESTION;
CONTAINING
Important Documents of Permanent Historical Interest having reference to the re-Establishment of the
CATHOLIC HIERARCHY IN ENGLAND,
1850-1.
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The Editor expresses his conviction that all the important facts and documents relative to the "Roman Catholic Question" have appeared in the pages of these pamphlets. Doubtless, during the progress of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill through the Houses of Parliament speeches of interest will be made; still the Editor thinks they will be merely elaborations of the materials already in these pages, devoid of original facts or documents.
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Containing a description of the States, Cities, Towns, Villages, Watering-places, Colleges, &c.; with the Railroad, Stage, and Steam-boat Routes; the distances from place to place; and the Fares on the great Travelling Routes.
BY J. CALVIN SMITH.
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EASTERN HEMISPHERE. WESTERN HEMISPHERE. EUROPE. ASIA. AFRICA. AMERICA. ENGLAND. IRELAND. SCOTLAND.
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_The Publishers can, with confidence, recommend this Map of the United States as the most authentic and elaborate Map that has ever been produced._
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Notes.
[1] A complete list of the names of all the competitors, together with those selected by the Committee, will be found in the Appendix; also a description and views of the two designs specially referred to.
[2] This "memorandum" will be found in the Appendix.
[3] The figures quoted are not quite correct, as will be seen hereafter.
[4] The surface covered by the Basilica of St. Peter's at Rome amounts to 223,900 square feet, the Cathedral at Milan occupies 124,100, and St. Paul's, London, 114,900 square feet.
[5] It is perhaps necessary to mention here, that the leakage of the roof which was at first much complained of was owing to incomplete construction, and not to any defect in the principle, or in the manner in which it has been carried out.
[6] About three hundred planks were passed through the machine in a working-day of ten hours, allowing the necessary stoppages for sharpening the cutters; and if only three widths of sash-bar were produced out of each blank, the quantity finished per diem would amount to about two miles and three quarters. This machinery, as well as that for grooving and moulding the ridges, was worked at the Phoenix Saw-mills, Cumberland-basin, Regent's Park, belonging to Mr. Birch.
[7] A This piece of machinery is only novel in its application, as it is similar to that used by brush-makers for drilling a number of small holes in close and regular arrangement.