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An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens: In Which the Religious State of the Different Nations of the World, the Success of Former Undertakings, and the Practicability of Further Undertakings, Are ConsideredCarey, William

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An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens: In Which the Religious State of the Different Nations of the World, the Success of Former Undertakings, and the Practicability of Further Undertakings, Are Considered

Name: An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens: In Which the Religious State of the Different Nations of the World, the Success of Former Undertakings, and the Practicability of Further Undertakings, Are Considered
Author: Carey, William

Carey, William

Baptists -- Missions; Missions

---- Zocotora           80     54       10,000   Mahometans.
---- Comora Isles      5 in number.      5,000   Ditto.
---- Mauritius       150 in compass.    10,000   French Papists.
---- Bourbon          90 in compass.    15,000   French Papists.
---- Madeiras          3 in number.     10,000   Papists.
---- Cape Verd Isles  10 in number.     20,000   Ditto.
---- Canaries         12 in number.     30,000   Ditto.
---- Azores            9 in number.    100,000   Ditto.
---- Maltha             15      8        1,200   Ditto.


                            _AMERICA._

                         EXTENT.
Countries.           Length Breadth  Number of         Religion.
                     Miles.  Miles. Inhabitants.

Brazil                2900    900   14,000,000   Pagans and Papists.
Paraguay              1140    460   10,000,000   Pagans.
Chili                 1200    500    2,000,000   Pagans and Papists.
Peru                  1800    600   10,000,000   Pagans and Papists.
Country of the        1200    900    8,000,000   Pagans.
  Amazons.
Terra Firma           1400    700   10,000,000   Pagans and Papists.
Guiana                 780    480    2,000,000   Ditto.
Terra Magellanica     1400    460    9,000,000   Pagans.
Old Mexico            2220    600   13,500,000   Ditto, and Papists.
New Mexico            2000   1000   14,000,000   Ditto.
The States of America 1000    600    3,700,000   Christians, of various
                                                   denominations
Terra de Labrador,    1680    600    8,000,000   Christians, of various
  Nova-Scotia,                                     denominations, but
  Louisiana, Canada,                               most of the North
  and all the country                              American Indians are
  inland from Mexico                               Pagans.
  to Hudson's-Bay
California, and from  2820   1380    9,000,000   Pagans.
  thence along the
  degrees south
  latitude, and so
  far inland as to
  meet the above
  article
All to the north of     unknown.                 Pagans.
  70 degrees
Cape Breton            400    110       20,000   Christians.
---- Newfoundland      350    200        1,400   Protestants.
---- Cumberland's Isle 780    300       10,000   Pagans.
---- Madre de Dios     105     30        8,000   Ditto.
---- Terra del Fuego   120     36        5,000   Ditto.

All the Islands in the Vicinity of Cape Horn     Pagans.

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An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens: In Which the Religious State of the Different Nations of the World, the Success of Former Undertakings, and the Practicability of Further Undertakings, Are Considered

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