The general gazetteer Or, Compendious geographical dictionary. Containing a description of all the empires, kingdoms, states, republics, provinces, cities, chief towns, forts, fortresses, castles, citadels, seas, harbours, bays, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, and promontories, in the known world: together with the government, policy, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; the extent, bounds, and natural productions of each country: and the trade, manufactures, and curiosities, of the cities and towns; their longitude, latitude, bearing, and distances, in English miles, from remarkable places; as also, the sieges they have undergone, and the battles fought near them. Including an authentic account of the counties, cities, and market-towns, in England, Ireland, and Wales; as also the villages, with the days on which the fairs are kept. To this edition is added, an accurate description of the newly-discovered, islands in the south seas, from the most authentic accounts. Embellished with maps. Originally compiled by R. Brookes, M.D. Revised, corrected, and greatly improved, by W. Guthrie and E. Jones

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Brookes, Richard
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dublin Printed for J. Williams, (No. 21,) Skinner-Row 1776, 1776
Edition:	The fourth edition
Subjects:	Geography / Dictionaries
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/1510000100?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa