A new and easy introduction to universal geography; in a series of letters to a youth at school [electronic resource] : Describing the figure, motions, and dimensions 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 the characters of the reigning sovereigns. By the Rev. R. Turner, Jun. LL.D. late of Magdalen-Hall, Oxford. Illustrated with copper-plates, and a new set of maps. Drawn and engraved by the best artisis, on purpose for this work. The sixth edition, improved and considerably enlarged. To which is now added, a large map of the world, on which are delineated the different tracks of Captain Cook's Ship, in his three voyages round the world. Also a plate of the terrestrial globe, and a plate of a new and curious geographical clock.