THE

HISTORY OF THE WORLD:

COMPRISING

A GENERAL HISTORY, BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN,

OF

ALL THE PRINCIPAL NATIONS OF THE GLOBE

THEIR RISE, PROGRESS, AND PRESENT CONDITION.

BY SAMUEL MAUNDER,

AUTHOR OF "THE TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE, ་་ ་་ BIOGRAPHICAL TREASURY," ETO.

EMBRACING A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF

THE LATE RUSSIAN AND ITALIAN WARS,

AND

A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE

PRESENT TIME,

INCLUDING

THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION, THAT OF 1812, AND THE LATE WAR WITH MEXICO, THE ADMINISTRA

TIONS OF THE PRESIDENTS, AND THE BRILLIANT CAREER OF WASHINGTON, WAYNE,

JACKSON, TAYLOR, SCOTT, AND THEIR COMPATRIOTS.

CONTAINING IMPORTANT PUBLIC DOCUMENTS, AND EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE STATISTICAL TABLES.

EDITED BY JOHN INMAN, ESQ.

(Late Editor of the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser), and other distinguished American authors.

THE WHOLE EMBELLISHED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS (BEAUTIFULLY COLORED BY

HAND TRUE TO NATURE), REPRESENTING BATTLE SCENES, VIEWS OF CITIES,

PROMINENT EVENTS, FLAGS OF THE DIFFERENT NATIONS,

CORONATIONS, PROCESSIONS, COSTUMES, ETC., ETC.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

(SOLD ONLY BY THE PUBLISHER'S DISTRIBUTING AGENTS

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY HENRY BILL.
1862.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860.

BY HENRY BILL

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the district of Connecticut.

C. A. ALVORD, PRINTER.

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CHAPTER III-The reign of Mary.-House of Stuart.

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CHAPTER IV.-The accession of James the Sixth of Scotland, and the First

of England

CHAPTER V.-From the accession of Charles I. to the death of William III. 7,

The Carlovingian Dynasty, or Second Race

FIRST BRANCH.-The Capetine Dynasty, or Third Race

SECOND BRANCH.-House of Valois

The House of Valois-Orleans

The House of Valois-Angoulême

THIRD BRANCH.-House of Bourbon

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.--

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THE HISTORY OF SPAIN

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THE HISTORY OF PORTUGAL.

THE HISTORY OF GERMANY, comprising the AUSTRIAN EMPIRE, GERMAN

STATES, &C.

THE HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS, comprising HOLLAND and

BELGIUM

THE HISTORY OF SWEDEN, DENMARK, AND NORWAY.

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THE HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN, OR TURKISH EMPIRE

The Rise and Progress of Mohammedanism

THE EAST INDIA ISLANDS.

Borneo

Celebes.

The Moluccas, or Spice Islands

The Banda, or Nutmeg Isles

The Philippine Islands