Universal Geography, Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New Plan, According to the Great Natural Divisions of the Globe: India and Oceanica

GEOGRAPHY,

OR

A DESCRIPTION

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ALL THE PARTS OF THE WORLD,

ON A NEW PLAN,

ACCORDING TO THE GREAT NATURAL DIVISIONS OF THE GLOBE;

ACCOMPANIED WITH

Analytical, Synoptical, and Elementary Tables.

By M. MALTE-BRUN.

IMPROVED BY THE ADDITION OF THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION, DERIVED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

VOLUME III.

CONTAINING THE DESCRIPTION OF INDIA AND OCEANICA.

Likewise additional matter, not contained in the European Edition, and

Corrections.

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BOSTON:

WELLS AND LILLY-COURT-STREET.

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DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT:

District Clerk's Office.

BE it remembered, that on this twenty fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five, and in the forty-ninth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Wells and Lilly of said District, have deposited in this Office the title of a Book, the Right whereof they claim as Proprietors, in the words following, to wit—

Universal Geography, or a Description of all the Parts of the World, on a New Plan, according to the Great Natural Divisions of the Globe; accompanied with analytical, synoptical, and elementary Tables By M. Malte Brun. Improved by the addition of the most recent information derived from various sources. Volume III. Containing the Description of India and Oceanica. Likewise additional matter, not contained in the European Edition, and Corrections.

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JNO. W. DAVIS,

Clerk of the District of Massachusetts.

CONTENTS OF VOL. III.

BOOK XLVI.

INDOSTAN.

PART I.

Physical Description.

Knowledge of India possessed by the Ancients, .

Name of India--Sanscrit Names,