BOOK OF THE WORLD: BEING AN ACCOUNT OF ALL REPUBLICS, EMPIRES, KINGDOMS, AND NATIONS, IN REFERENCE TO THEIR GEOGRAPHY, STATISTICS, COMMERCE, &c. TOGETHER WITH A Brief Historical Outline OF THEIR RISE, PROGRESS AND PRESENT CONDITION, WITH AN INDEX TO ALL THE COUNTRIES, CITIES, TOWNS, ISLANDS, OCEANS, SEAS MENTIONED ON COLTON'S ILLUSTRATED MAP OF THE WORLD. BY RICHARD S. FISHER, M. D. NT:WQV.OLUME S. VOL. I. ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS AND CHARTS. NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY J. H. COLTON, No. 86 CEDAR STREET. 1851, |