CHAPTER LX. MODERN GEOGRAPHY. Mogul Empire. Blok: History of Celebes. See it in Geography. Dow, Alexander: History of Hindostan, from the Earliest Times to the Settlement of the Empire under Aurungzebe. Translated from the Persian. Dublin, 1792. 3 vols. 8vo. This is said, by Lowndes, "to be, without acknowledgment, made up chiefly from Bernier's Travels." This appears a very inconsiderate charge against an esteemed book, when it is remembered that Bernier's Travels do not contain a history of Hindostan, except so far as he relates the transactions of his twelve years' residence at the court of Aurungzebe. How, then, out of these twelve years in Bernier, was Dow to build his book "chiefly ?" A little confusion of the memory, probably, had some place in this accusation; for Bernier wrote also a "History of the last Revolution in the States of the Mogul;" and though this is, of course, confined to a single main event, yet Dow has, no doubt, made some use of it, as of sound, authentic material; and hence the imputation of plagiarism against his whole history. Historical Account of British India. (Harpers' Family Library.) New-York, 1832. 3 vols. 18mo. Jones, Sir W. See various Tracts in his works, Polygraphs. Maurice Indian Antiquities; or, Dissertations Relative to the Ancient Geographical Divisions, the Pure System of Primeval Theology, the Grand Code of Civil Laws, the Original Form of Government, and the Various and Profound Literature of Hindostan, compared throughout with the Religion, Laws, Government, and Literature of Persia, Egypt, and Greece, the whole intended as Introductory to and Illustrative of the History of Hindostan. London. 5 vols. 8vo. Mill: History of British India. Robertson, Dr. Wm.: Disquisition on Ancient India. Philadelphia, 1812. 8vo. : Scott, Jonathan Ferishta's History of Dekkan, from the first Mohammedan Conquests; a Continuation from other Native Writers of the Events in that Part of India; also the History of Bengal, in 6 Parts. London, 1794. 2 vols. 4to. Sumatrans: The History of the Excellence and Decline of the Constitution, Religion, Laws, &c., of the Sumatrans, and of the Restoration thereof in the Reign of Amurath the Third. London. 2 vols. 8vo. Ward: View of the History, &c., of the Hindoos. Hartford, 1826. 12mo. Wood, M. A.: Review of the Origin, Progress, and Result of the Decisive War with Tippoo Sultan in Mysore. See also, in History of Colonies, Raynal, Martyn, &c. The Asiatic Miscellany; the Oriental Repertory; the Asiatic Annual Register; Ouseley's Oriental Collections, are, like the Asiatic Researches, repositories of much historical matter as to India in particular. In English there are, further, Craufurd's Researches; Chatfield, Historical Review of the State of Hindostan, &c.; Maurice, Ancient History of Hindostan; Heyne, Tracts on India, &c.; Daniel, Antiquities of India; Stuart, History of Bengal; Gladwin, History of Hindostan; Hamilton, History of the Rohilla Afghans; Todd's Annals of Rajhastan. In French there are Anquetil du Perron's Recherches sur l'Inde, and his l'Inde en rapporte avec l'Europe; Langlès, Monumens Anciens et Modernes de l'Indostan ; Collin de Bar, Histoire de l'Inde Ancienne et Moderne. Among Portuguese works are the Decadas de Asia of De Barros, the most celebrated of their historical compositions; Castaneda's Historia do descobrimento y conquista de India por los Portugueses; Albouquerque's Commentarios do grande Alfonso d'Alboquerque. CHAPTER LXI. MODERN HISTORY. China and Japan. Gutzlaff, Charles: A Sketch of Chinese History, Ancient and Modern. From the Swedish. New-York, 1834. 2 vols. 12mo. For China, Du Halde must be again referred to as the great source of information. Also, D'Anville's Mémoires sur la Chine; and the collection of the reports of the Jesuit Missionaries, entitled Mémoires concernant les Chinois, par les Missionaires, Paris, 1776, 16 vols. in 4to; together with the Selection of Lettres édifiantes et curieuses; with Ribadeneira's Historia de las Islas del Archipelago y Reynos de China, Tartaria, &c., and Navarete's Tratados Historicos de la Monarchia de China: also, the Histoire de la Conquête de la Chine par les Tartares Manchoux, par Vojeux de Brunem, le Pére Jouve. We may here refer also to the Description of the Island of Formosa, published by Psalmanazar, and remarkable as forming a part of that villanous imposture with which he began a literary career that afterward became as virtuous as it was successful. It is the more necessary to mention his forgery, because the exact and skilful Brunet has placed it, without note, among books of authority: a mere oversight, however; for Brunet is rarely ignorant of anything he should know. CHAPTER LXII. MODERN HISTORY. Tartar Regions. See the several Universal Histories. Kamschatka and Siberia can hardly be said to have a history; and Tartary, in general, only that of its great emperor, Timour Beg; of whom there are the following accounts :-Ahmed Abrasiades, Vitæ et rerum gestarum Timuri Historia, Arabic and Latin. Leoward, 1767. 3 vols. small 4to. Cherefeddin Ali, Histoire de Timur Bec, traduite du persan, par Petis de la Croix. Paris, 1722. 4 vols. 12mo. Argote de Molina, Historia del gran Tamerlan. Seville, 1582. Small folio. A Life in Turkish. Constantinople, 1729. 4to. Margat, Histoire de Tamerlan. Paris, 1739. 2 vols. 12mo. CHAPTER LXIII. MODERN HISTORY. Asiatic Islands. Argensola Histoire de la Conquête des Isles Moluques, par les Espagnols, les Portuguis, et les Hollandais. Translated. Amsterdam, 1706. 2 vols. In English, Knox has given a History of Ceylon. London, 1817. 4to. The sacred and historical books of the island have lately been published in London, El Padre San Auin a translation. Thorn, Memoir of the Conquest of Java. gustin, Conquistas de las Islas Philippinas. El Padre Juan de la Concepcion, Historia General de la Philippinas. CHAPTER LXIV. MODERN HISTORY. Africa in General. See the several Universal Histories. Lon Dallas, R. C.: History of the Maroons, from their Origin to the Establishment of their Chief Tribe at Sierra Leone. don, 1803. 2 vols. 8vo. In French there are, by Cardonne, Histoire de l'Afrique et de l'Espagne, sous la domination des Arabes; and the Nouvelle Histoire de l'Afrique Françoise, by the Abbé Demanet. CHAPTER LXV. MODERN HISTORY. Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia. Russell History of Egypt. (Harpers' Family Library.) Placed under Geography. : Nubia and Abyssinia; comprehending their Civil History, Antiquities, Arts, Religion, Literature, and Natural History. (Harpers' Family Library.) Under Geography. The following originals exist: Maured, Allatafet Jemaleddim seu rerum Egyptiacarum Annales, Arabic and Latin. Cambridge, 1792. 4to. Bohadin, Vita et res gestæ Sultani Saladini, Arabic and Latin. Leyden, 1732. Folio. 4to. There is a French A Turkish History of Egypt. Constantinople, 1729. Life of Saladin, by Marin; and a History of Egypt, by Wilson. London, 1805. 3 vols. 8vo. CHAPTER LXVI. MODERN HISTORY. Northern Africa. Russell, Michael: History and Present Condition of the Barbary States; comprehending a View of their Civil Institutions, Antiquities, Arts, Religion, Literature, Commerce, Agriculture, and Natural Productions. (Harpers' Family Library.) NewYork, 1835. 18mo. See also Shaler, in Geography, Africa. Chenier has been already referred to, and Shaw. There are, in French, Boulet's Histoire de l'Empire des Chérifs en Afrique; and Mouette's Histoire des Conquêtes de Mouley Archy; with Menezes's History of Tangier, in Portu guese. CHAPTER LXVII. MODERN HISTORY. America in General. Burke, Edmund: History of the European Settlements in America. Works, Polygraphs. History of the Bucaniers of America. London, 1761. 2 vols. 12mo. Idem. New-York, 1826. 3 vols. 12mo. The author's name was Basil Ringrove. The following are the other principal books relating to these freebooters: Esquemeling, "A true Account of the Bucaniers of America," into English from the Dutch; repeated editions, folio, 4to, and 12mo. Oexmelin," Histoire des Avanturiers, des Boucaniers, et de la Chambre des Comptes établie dans les Indes." Paris, 1668. 2 vols, 8vo. Van Archenholz, "History of the Pirates, Freebooters, or Bucaniers of America," from the German, by G. Mason, London, 1807. 12mo. Burney, "History of the Bucaniers of America." London, 1816. 4to. : Holmes, A. Annals of America; or, Chronological History of America, from 1492 to 1806. Cambridge, 1829. 2 vols. 8vo. (Hornot, Antoine): Anecdotes Américaines, ou Histoire abrégée des principaux événemens arrivés dans le Nonveau Monde, depuis sa Découverte jusqu'à présent. Paris, 1775. 12mo. It is upon the authority of Barbier that this is attributed to Hornot. Robertson, Dr. William: History of America. Albany, 1822. 2 vols. 8vo. Priest, Josiah: American Antiquities. Albany, 1833. 8vo. For an ample bibliography of American history, see Rich, as before referred to. K The Spanish writers are the most important, and, inasmuch as little found in collections, the most curious. The following are the chief. Ulloa, Noticias Americanas. Madrid, 1772. 4to. Garcia, Origen de los Indios. Madrid, 1729. Folio. Las Casas's Tracts on the destruction of the Indians; for the detail of which, see Rich's Catalogue. Herrera, Decades. Madrid, 1601. 8 vols. in 4, folio. Gomara, Historia General de las Indias Occidentales. quemada, Monarchia Indiana. Madrid, 1723. 3 vols. folio. Barcia, Historiadores primitivos de las Indias Occidentales. The Decades of Peter Martyr (or Aglerius), Madrid, 1516, folio, in Latin, and Laet's Novus Orbis, Leyden, 1633 or 1655, belong more to voyages, but are important. Tor CHAPTER LXVIII. MODERN HISTORY. North America. Allen, Paul: History of the American Revolution. Baltimore, 1819. 2 vols. 8vo. American Annual Register, 1825-32. 5 vols. 8vo. 12mo. Anspach, Lewis: A History of Newfoundland. London, 1819. 8vo. Archeologia Americana: Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society. Cambridge (Massachusetts), 1836. 8vo. Armstrong, John: Notices of the War of 1812. New-York, 1836. 2 vols. 12mo. Bancroft, George: History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent to the Present Time. Boston. 8vo. Bayles, Francis: Historical Memoir of the Colony of New-Plymouth. Boston, 1820. 2 vols. 8vo. Belknap, Jeremy: History of New-Hampshire. Boston, 1813. 3 vols. 8vo. Botta History of the War of American Independence. From the Italian, by J. A. Otis. Boston, 1826. 2 vols. 8vo. Bradford, Alden: History of Massachusetts, from July, 1764, to 1775, when General Washington took Command of the American Army. Boston, 1822. 8vo. Breckenridge, Henry M.: History of the late War between the United States and Great Britain: comprising a minute Account of the various Military and Naval Operations. Philadelphia, 1836. 12mo. Campbell, William W.: Annals of Tryon County; or, the Border Warfare of New-York during the Revolution. New-York, 1831. 8vo. |