The universal gazetteer; being a concise description, alphabetically arranged, of the nations, kingdoms, states, towns, empires, provinces, cities, oceans, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, canals, mountains, capers, &c. in the known world; the government, manners, and religion of the inhabitants, with the extent, boundaries, and natural productions, manufactures and curiosities of the different countries. Containing several thousand places not to be met with in any similar gazetteer. Illustrated with fourteen maps. By John Walker.

  • Walker, John, 1759-1830.
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1798
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Publication/Creation

London : printed for Ogilvy and Son; J. Walker; J. Scatchard; J. Cuthell; H.D. Symonds; R. Lea; Darton and Harvey; Vernor and Hood; Lackington, Allen, and Co.; B. Crosby; J. Wright; Lee and Hurst; and James Wallis, 1798.

Physical description

viii,[776]p.,plates : map ; 80.

Edition

The second edition, further accommodated to commercial purposes, as well as general information, by another hand.

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ESTC T50477

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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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