The general gazetteer
Subtitle: 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
Edition: The fourth edition.
Series: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2: Slave trade in the Atlantic world; Slavery & anti-slavery
Publisher: Printed for J. Williams, (No. 21,) Skinner-Row
Published: 1776
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 752
Subjects: Geography; Dictionaries
Notes: Square bracket(s) in title or imprint.

Reproduction of the original from the National Library of Ireland.