Great Britain
Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world..}} It is dominated by a maritime climate with narrow temperature differences between seasons. The island of Ireland, with an area 40 per cent that of Great Britain, is to the west – these islands, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands and named substantial rocks, comprise the British Isles archipelago.Connected to mainland Europe until 9,000 years ago by a landbridge now known as Doggerland, Great Britain has been inhabited by modern humans for around 30,000 years. In 2011, it had a population of about , making it the world's third-most-populous island after Honshu in Japan and Java in Indonesia, and the most populated island outside of Asia.
The term "Great Britain" can also refer to the political territory of England, Scotland and Wales, which includes their offshore islands. This territory, together with Northern Ireland, constitutes the United Kingdom. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Freeholder of Great-Britain
Published 1722
Published 1722
printed for T. Payne, at the Crown in Pater-Noster-Row
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by Freeman of Great-Britain
Published 1759
Published 1759
printed for R. Griffiths, opposite Somerset-House, in the Strand
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by Well-wisher to Great Britain
Published 1757
Published 1757
printed for R. Withy and Co. Book and Print-Sellers, at Hogarth's Head, opposite Salisbury-Court, Fleet-Street
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by Wellwisher to the trade and navigation of Great-Britain
Published 1738
Published 1738
printed for R. Willock, at Sir Isaac Newton's Head in Cornhill
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by Loyal Subject to the King and Constitution of Great Britain
Published 1794
Published 1794
printed by R. Cruttwell, and sold by J. Bell, at the circulating Library, Strand, London
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by Author of The necessity of an incorporate union between Great Britain and Ireland
Published 1799
Published 1799
Printed for J. Wright
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by Caldwell, James
Published 1779
Other Authors:
“...Great Britain...”Published 1779
Printed for Henry Mugg, and sold by T. Becket, W. Brown, J. Buckland, Fielding & Walker, Richardson & Urquhart, London: and by all other booksellers in town and country