Brooke's general gazetteer improved, or, A new compendious geographical dictionary :

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Creator
Brookes, R. (Richard), fl. 1750, author
Title
Brooke's general gazetteer improved, or, A new compendious geographical dictionary : containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world : with the government, customs, manners and religion of the inhabitants; the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country; the trade, manufactures, and curiosities of the cities and towns, their longitude, latitude, bearings and distances in English miles, from remarkable places, and the various events by which they have been distinguished : including a detail of the counties, cities, boroughs, market-towns, and principal villages, in Great Britain and Ireland : together with a succinct account of, at least, seven hundred cities, towns and villages in the United States, more than has appeared in any preceding edition of the same work, in which the numerous mistakes and deficiences of European gazetteers, respecting this country, are corrected and supplied : illustrated by eight maps, neatly executed
Published
Phildelphia : Published by Jacob Johnson, and Company ... John Bioren, printer, 1806.
Identifier
oocihm.29789
29789
Subject
Gazetteers.
Document source
Electronic reproduction.
Notes
The first American edition from the latest European, with great additions and improvements in every part.
1 online resource.
xvi, [807] pages : 8 folded maps ; 21 cm.
Collection
Monographs
Language
English
URL
https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.29789