The gazetteer's; or, newsman's interpreter. Being a geographical index of all the considerable cities, patriarchships, Patriarchships, Bishopricks, Universities, Dukedoms, Earldoms, and such like; Imperial and Hance-Towns, Ports, Forts, Castles, &c. in Europe. Shewing In what Kingdoms, Provinces and Counties they are; to what Prince they are now subject; upon, or nigh what Rivers, Bays, Seas, Mountains, &c. they stand; their Distances (in English Miles) from several other Places of Note; with their Longitude and Latitude, according to the best and approved Maps: With the Addition of a Table of the Births Marriages, &c. of all the Kings, Princes and Potentates of Europe. Of special Use for the true Understanding of all Modern Histories of Europe, as well as the present Affairs; and for the Conveniency of Cheapness and Pocket-Carriage, Explained by Abbreviations and Figures. The twelfth edition, corrected, and very much enlarged with the addition of all the towns in Great Britain, which send members to Parliament; and of the Towns and other Places that give Titles to the Nobility; with the Counties they lie in, and their Distances from London. By Lawrence Eachard, A. M. of Christ's College in Cambridge.

  • Echard, Laurence, 1670?-1730.
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1724
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London : printed for J. Knapton at the Crown, R. Robinson at the Golden-Lyon, both in St. Paul's Church-Yard ; and S. Ballard, at the Blue Ball in Little-Britain, 1724.

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[264]p. ; 120.

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ESTC T68997
Alston, XI.47

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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