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Cornwall (England : County) - Description and travel - Early works to 1800
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The natural history of Cornwall. The air, climate, waters, rivers, lakes, sea and tides; of the stones, semimetals, Metals, Tin, and the manner of mining; The Constitution of the Stannaries; Iron, Copper, Silver, Lead, and Gold, found in Cornwall. Vegetables, Rare Birds, Fishes, Shells, Reptiles, and Quadrupeds: of the inhabitants, Their Manners, Customs, Plays or Interludes, Exercises, and Festivals; the Cornish Language, Trade, Tenures, and Arts. Illustrated with a new sheet map of the country, and twenty-eight folio copper-plates from Original Drawings taken on the Spot. By William Borlase, A. M. F. R. S. Rector of Ludgvan, and Author of the Antiquities of Cornwall.
Borlase, William, 1695-1772.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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Speculi Britanniæ pars: a topographical and historical description of Cornwall. With a map of the county and each hundred; in which are contained the Names and Seats of the several Gentlemen then Inhabitants: As also, thirteen views of the most remarkable curiosities in that county: by the Perambulation, View, and Delineation of John Norden. To which are added, the west prospect of the some-time Conventual churc of St. Germans; and a Table of the Distances of the Towns from each other: with some Account of the Author.
Norden, John, 1548-1625?.Date: 1728