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 Longitude, Latitude, Bearings and Distances in English Miles from remarkable Places; as also, The Sieges they have undergone, and the Battles fought near them. Including An Authentic Account of the Counties, Cities, and Market-Towns in england and wales; as also the Villages, with the Days on which the Fairs are kept. Embellished with nine maps. By R. Brookes, M.D.
- Brookes, R. (Richard), active 1721-1763.
- Date:
- MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]
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Publication/Creation
London : printed for J. F. C. Rivington, T. Carnan, and J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; G. G. J. J. Robinson, R. Baldwin, and J. Bent, in Pater-Noster-Row; B. Law, in Ave-Mary-Lane; T. Lowndes, and J. Murray, in Fleet-Street; C. Dilly, in the Poultry; T. Vernor, in Birchin-Lane; and S. Hayes, in Oxford-Street, MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]
Physical description
xvi,[696]p.,plates : maps ; 80.
Contributors
Edition
The sixth edition, improved, with additions and corrections.
References note
ESTC T143954
Alston, XI.105
Roscoe, A57 (6)
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.