Transcriber’s Notes.
Inconsistencies (including in spelling and hyphenation, also of proper and geographical names) have not been standardised, except as listed below.
The source documents contains some unusual geography (Maestricht in Germany, the Pacific Ocean near Somalia and South Africa). These have not been changed.
Some illustrations (mainly maps and plans) are available as larger images through hyperlinks (not available in all formats).
Page I-167: the number 7 is not visible in the illustration.
Page II-68, article 168: the reference to the bust of Buonaparte is blank in the source document; possibly the reference was intended to be to item 311.
Page II-106, article 255: his name was Bernard Germain Étienne de Laville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède.
Page III-85, ... ranges westwards to the boundaries of Abyssinia: probably an error for ... ranges eastwards to ....