Excerpt from A Classical Atlas, to Illustrate Ancient Geography: Comprised in Twenty-Five Maps, Showing the Various Divisions of the World as Known to the Ancients; Composed From the Most Authentic Sources; With an Index of the Ancient and Modern Names IN the representation of Ancient Geography there is this disadvantage, that we use authorities, in many cases incomplete and mutilated in themselves, treating of subjects which frequently were very imperfectly known to their authors. It is true that very often the ancient writings are so lucid and explicit that we are compelled to acknowledge our inferiority in knowledge, and modern enterprise is continually re-dis'covering (so to speak) that which was perfectly familiar in the early ages and although, in many instances, we are enabled to follow their narratives and descriptions even to the most minute particulars, and apply them to existing facts yet, to make a complete picture of the countries at me period, we are compelled to fill up many vacancies, and supply many features from less clear and correct sources. The progress of Modern Geography may be said to be nothing more than the correction of errors this remark will still more fully apply to Ancient Geography. We are continually receiving fresh accessions to the illustration of the ancient writings, and it therefore takes rather the character of a progressive science than of a fixed branch of knowledge. A single fact will often overturn a voluminous theory, - a pebble 'will determine the character of a stratum to the geologist, and a coin or a column may completely subvert our previous notions of the comparative geography of a district. 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.