A summary of geography and history, both ancient and modern
Subtitle: containing an account of the political state,and principal revolutions, of the most illustrious nations in ancient and modern times, their manners and customs ... : with an abridgement of the fabulous history or mythology of the Greeks : to which is prefixed, an historical account of the progress and improvements of astronomy and geography ... : also a brief account of the principles of the Newtonian philosophy, occasionally compared with the opinions of the ancients ... : with a short description of the component parts ofthe terraqueous globe, according to the notions of the ancients, and the more accurate discoveries of modern chemists : designed chiefly to connect the study of classical learning with that of general knowledge
By: by Alexander Adam....
Edition: 5th ed. / corrected, to which is added, a geographical index..
Publisher: Printed for T. Cadell, and W. Davies ...[et al.]
Published: 1816
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: History -- Dictionaries.; Geography -- Dictionaries.; Classical dictionaries.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: value: Partial contents: "A geographical index ... being a supplement to the Summary of ancient and modern geography, by Alexander Adam": p. 737-858.