Brooke's general gazetteer improved, or, A new compendious geographical dictionary
Subtitle: 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
By: originally written by R. Brookes.
Edition: The first American edition from the latest European, with great additions and improvements in every part.
Series: CIHM/ICMH Microfiche series -- no. 29789
Publisher: Published by Jacob Johnson, & Co. ... John Bioren, printer
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Phildelphia
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 496
Subjects: Gazetteers.
Other titles: A new and compendious geographical dictionary.
Notes: Filmed from a copy of the original publication held by the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions, 1983.