A new geographical, historical and commercial grammar and present state of the several kingdoms of the world
Subtitle: containing, I. The figures, motions, and distances of the planets, according to the Newtonian system, and the latest observations ... XII. The longitude, latitude, bearings and distances of principal places from London : to which are added, I. A geographical index, with the names of places alphabetically arranged. II. A table of the coins of all nations ... remarkable events, from the creation to the present time
By: by William Guthrie, Esq. ; the astronomical part by James Ferguson, F.R.S. ; to which have been added the late discoveries of Dr. Herschel, and other eminent astronomers.
Contributors: Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.; Knox, John, 1720-1790.
Edition: The seventeenth edition, corrected, and considerably enlarged.
Publisher: Printed for Charles Dilly ... , and G.G. and J. Robinson ...
Published: 1984
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 543
Subjects: Geography, Commercial.; Geography.; Geography, Political.
Notes: Authorship also attributed to John Knox, the bookseller--Cf. Watt, Bibliotheca Britannica, 1824, v. 1, p. 452.

"Illustrated with a correct set of maps, engraved from the most recent observations and draughts of geographical travellers."

"Issued also under titles: A system of modern geography, A new system of modern geography, and, A universal geography"--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints.

Includes bibliographical references.

Filmed from a copy of the original publication held by the University of British Columbia Library. Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions, 1984.

xii, [4], 1019 p. ; 21 cm.