Excerpt from The World Displayed, in Its History and Geography; Embracing a History of the World, From the Creation to the Present Day, Vol. 1: With General Views of the Politics, Religion, Military and Naval Affairs, Arts, Literature, Manners, Customs, and Society, of Ancient as Well as Modern Nationsrobbins to Which Is Added, an Outline of Modern Geography Be It Remembered, That on the nineteenth day of January, 1830, in the fifty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, S. G. Goodrich, of the 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 encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, is the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." And also to an Act, entitled, "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 proprietors 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." 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.