Comprising political and biogr. hist., geogr. geol., mineral., zoology, and botany, agriculture, manufactures, and commerce; laws, manners, customs, and religion; with a topogr. description of the cities, towns, sea-ports, public edifices, canals etc. With add. and corr. by Samuel L[orenzo] Knapp and a continuation to the present time by John O[verton] Choules