History of Armenia, by Father Michael Chamich; from B. C. 2247 to ...

PREFACE.
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being supplied with matter from the most authentic
sources.
Tlie map prefixed to the first volume is taken \:\\n
that published by Father Chamich in his enlarged history,
and appears to be correct.
In conclusion, I beg to ofi'er the present translation to
the readmg public with the greatest diffidence, hoping
that it will be kindly received and read by them as the
production of a foreigner, whose knowledge of the
English language must of necessity be imperfect.
The
publication of this work will, 1 hope, aff"ord an ample field
to the historian, the divine, the poet, and the observer of
human life and manners, to exercise their talents in their
different departments, upon the events that are here
recorded of the once great and happy land of Armenia.
I sincerely hope,—and every Christian and philanthropist
ought to hope,— that the present translation will excite
in the breasts of Christians of every denomination a
feeling of sympathy for the fate of my oppressed country,
and rouse the dormant embers of patriotism in the
bosoms of my expatriated countrymen to exert all
power for the regeneration of Armenia.
their
Johannes Avclall.