DICTIONNAIRE GÉOGRAPHIQUE-PORTATIF, OU DESCRIPTION DES ROYAUMES, PROVINCES, VILLES, PATRIARCHATS, EVÉCHÉS, DUCHE'S, COMTE'S, MARQUISATS, VILLES IMPERIALES ET ANSEATIQUES, PORTS, FORTERESSES, CITADELLES, ET AUTRES LIEUX CONSIDÉRABLES DES QUATRE PARTIES DU MONDE...
Publisher: chez Didot
Published: 1749
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Table of contents: title: Echard, Laurent & Vosgien. DICTIONNAIRE GÉOGRAPHIQUE-PORTATIF, OU DESCRIPTION DES ROYAUMES, PROVINCES, VILLES, PATRIARCHATS, EVÉCHÉS, DUCHE'S, COMTE'S, MARQUISATS, VILLES IMPERIALES ET ANSEATIQUES, PORTS, FORTERESSES, CITADELLES, ET AUTRES LIEUX CONSIDÉRABLES DES QUATRE PARTIES DU MONDE... Publisher Information: Paris: Chez Didot, 1749. Pages: [16],720pp. 2 folded engraved maps (Europe and the World).; title: French translation by Echard from original English, with additions by M. Vosgien. Styled "nouvelle edition, revue, augmentée & corrigée" on title. This edition notable for two-page table at front listing latest geographical discoveries in Pacific, including a route from Kamchatka to America discovered by Captain Tchirikov in 1741, and Captain Bering's 1728 and 1731 routes.