The General Gazetteer, Or Compendious Geographical Dictionary

Download or read book The General Gazetteer, Or Compendious Geographical Dictionary written by Richard Brookes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from 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 The longitude IS reckoned both call: and Well from the me ridian of London, agreeable to the accurate fet of maps given with this treatife, Whereby the ti ouble of knowing the fituation of places With regard to the metropolis of this kinnm is faved; and the difi'erence of, longitude between any two places found With the utmof't facility. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.