The general gazetteer: or, Compendious geographical dictionary. Containing a description of all the empires, kingdoms, states, republics, provinces, cities, chief towns, forts, fortresses, castles, citadels, seas, harbours, bays, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, and promontories in the known world: together with the government, policy, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants. The extent bounds, and natural productions of each country; and the trade, manufactures, and curiosities, of the cities and towns; their longitudes, latitudes, bearings, and distances from remarkable places, as also the sieges they have undergone, and the battles fought near them. Including, an authentic account of the counties, cities, market-towns, and principal villages in Great-Britain and Ireland, with the several fair days in each town and village.This edition includes not only an accurate description of the new discovered islands in the south seas, from the most authentic accounts-but also a very considerable number of articles respecting America, and several hundreds peculiarly relative to Ireland, never in any former edition. Embellished with maps. Originally compiled by R. Brookes, M.D. revised, corrected, and greatly improved by W. Guthrie, and E. Jones.