THE

WORLD DISPLAYED,

IN ITS

HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY;

EMBRACING

A HISTORY OF THE WORLD,

FROM THE

CREATION TO THE PRESENT DAY.

WITH GENERAL VIEWS OF THE POLITICS, RELIGION, MILITARY AND NAVAL
AFFAIRS, ARTS, LITERATURE, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND SOCIETY,

OF ANCIENT AS WELL AS MODERN NATIONS.

DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT.

District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the nineteenth day of January, 1830, in he fifty tourth year of the In lependence of the United States of America, S. G. Goodrich of ile said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit :—

"The World Displayed, in its History and Geography; embracing a History of the World, from the Creation to the Present Day. With General Views of the Politics Religion, Military and Naval Affairs, Arts, Literature, Manners. Customs, and Society of Ancient as well as Modern Nations. By the Rev. Royal Robbins."

In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, “An Act for the encouragemen of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Book the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." And also to an Act, entiled, “An Act, supplementary to an Act, entitled, an Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprieto 3 of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extendIng the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints."

JNO. W. DAVIS,

Clark of the District of Massachusetts

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EDUCATION

MAR 20 '44

THE Volume here offered to the public, had its origin in the belief, that a Historical and Geographical View of the World, united in one work, and constructed on the plan here adopted, would be an acceptable addition to the already multiplied stock of books for general reading. The plan of the work is original, and is believed to offer many advantages. It divides Ancient and Modern History into twenty distinct periods, and then gives a detail of the events during each of them. At the end of every period is a detailed biography of many eminent individuals who flourished during the same, and a sketch is given of the progress of the arts, of science, and of literature. Hence a clear delineation of the advancement of human society, and its various revolutions, is exhibited; and the reader can easily trace not only the particular history of each country and people, but can keep in view, at the same time, the grand movements of the nations, regarded as one common family.

In order to perfect the plan originally contemplated by the author, the volume has been in

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