A new and easy introduction to universal geography. [electronic resource] : In a series of letters to a youth at school; describing the figure, motions, and dimension of the earth; the different seasons of the year; the situation and extent of the several empires, kingdoms, states, and provinces; their government, customs, religion, manners and characters of the reigning sovereign. By the Rev. R. Turner, Jun. LL.D. late of Magdalen Hall, Oxford; author of an introduction to the arts and sciences. Illustrated with copper-plates and a new set of pocket maps, drawn and engraved by the best artists, on purpose for the work.