The Travellers Directory Through The United States

Author : John Melish
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780259174929
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book The Traveller's Directory Through the United States written by John Melish and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Traveller's Directory Through the United States: Containing, a Description of All the Principal Roads Through the United States, With Copious Remarks on the Rivers, and Other Objects The compiler of this work having systematically engaged in the promulgation of geographical knowledge by the publica tion of maps; has also been induced to bend his attention to the necessary descriptions, and the result, hitherto, has been stamp ed by public approbation.. That branch of topography which relates to roads and distances, from its great importance, claimed early attention; but such is the extent of the country, and the difficulty of Obtaining accurate information on every point, that, although materials have been collecting for several years, it was only of late that they were judged of sufiicient importance to be laid before the public. From the great labour that has been bestowed upon the sub ject, the publisher hopes that it will be found to merit public approbation; but it is presented with diffidence, from a convic tion, that the errors in a first edition of a work of this nature must be numerous. He is, however, conscious that he has done it every justice in his power, and is convinced that the risk he runs of incurring the charge of inaccuracy, bears 110 proportion to the good that will arise from an attempt to promulgate know ledge of so great importance to the community. 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 historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.