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  • Ductor historicus: or, A short system of universal history, and an introduction to the study of it. The fourth edition, augmented and improv'd. ... By Tho. Hearne, M.A. of St. Edm. Hall, Oxon.

    • Hearne, Thomas, 1678-1735.
    Date
    MDCCXXIII. [1723]
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  • The history of the nine worthies of the world; Three whereof were gentiles. I. Rector son of Priamus King of Troy. II. Alexander the Great King of Macedon. III. Julisus Cesar, first emperor of Rome. Three Jews. IV. Joshua captain general of Israel. V. David King of Israel. VI. Judas Maccabeus a valiant commander. Three Christians. VII. Arthur King of Britain. VIII. Charles the great, emperor of Germany. IX. Godfrey of Bulloign King of Jerusalem. Being an account of their glorious lives, worthy actions, renowned victories and deaths. Illustrated with poems, and the picture of each worthy. By R.B.

    • R. B., approximately 1632-approximately 1725.
    Date
    1713
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  • A description of a new chart of history. Containing a view of the principal revolutions of empire that have taken place in the world. By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S. [One line in Latin from Horace]

    • Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.
    Date
    MDCCXCII. [1792]
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  • A description of A new chart of history. Containing a view of the principal revolutions of empire that have taken place in the world. By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S.

    • Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.
    Date
    M.DCC.XCIII. [1793]
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  • Elements of general history. Translated from the French of the Abbé Millot. ...

    • Millot, abbé (Claude François Xavier), 1726-1785.
    Date
    MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]
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  • Georgii Pictorii Villingani viri literis multis variaqúe rerum scientia & prudentia praediti, hoc est, polyhistoris, mediciq́[ue] celeberrimi, Opera noua, in quibus mirifica, iocos salesq́[ue] poëtica, historica & medica lib. V. complectitur. : Item [onomatothetēs] qui locoru[m], montiu[m], fontium, fluminum, marium, stagnorum, syluarum, &c. nomina continet. Praeterea, in Marsilij Ficini De tuenda studiosorum sanitate librum scholia. Item, In Plinij naturalis historiae septimum librum annotationes.

    • Pictorius, Georg, approximately 1500-1569
    Date
    [c. 1569]
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  • Fasciculus temporum / Dutch.

    • Rolevinck, Werner, 1425-1502
    Date
    14 Feb
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  • Old World encounters : cross-cultural contacts and exchanges in pre-modern times / Jerry H. Bentley.

    • Bentley, Jerry H., 1949-2012
    Date
    1993
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  • Salmon's geographical and astronomical grammar, including the ancient and present state of the world; and Containing 1. The Newtonian System of the Planets. 2. A particular View of the Earth. 3. Geographical Elements, exemplified in Definitions, Problems, Theorems, and Paradoxes. 4. The grand Divisions of the Globe. 5. The Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, and Colonies; with an Account of their Climates, Animals, Birds, Metals, Minerals, Rivers, Bays, and Natural Curiosities. 6. Origin and History of Nations, Forms of Government, Religion, Laws, Revenues, Commerce, and Taxes. 7. Their Language, Genius, Revenues, Customs, and Public Buildings. 8. An Account of the New Discoveries in the South Seas. 9. A Geographical Table, in which is given the Longitude, Latitude, and Bearings, of the principal Places in the World. 10. The Coins of the various Nations, and their Value in English Money. 11. A Chronological Table of remarkable Events. 12. A List of Men of Learning and Genius. The thirteenth edition; with considerable corrections and additions, in which the history of the various countries in every quarter of the globe is continued to the year 1785, including a full Account of the New Discoveries, and illustrated with Maps and other Plates, elegantly executed.

    • Salmon, Thomas, 1679-1767.
    Date
    [1785]
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  • A description of A new chart of history, containing a view of the principal revolutions of empire that have taken place in the world. By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S.

    • Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.
    Date
    M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]
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