The universal gazetteer; being a concise description, alphabetically arranged, of the nations, towns, cities, harbours, canals, kingdoms, empires, oceans, rivers, mountains, states, provinces, seas, lakes, capes, &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 familiar gazetteer. Illustrated with a fourteen maps.

Author: Walker, John, 1759-1830.
Title: The universal gazetteer; being a concise description, alphabetically arranged, of the nations, towns, cities, harbours, canals, kingdoms, empires, oceans, rivers, mountains, states, provinces, seas, lakes, capes, &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 familiar gazetteer. Illustrated with a fourteen maps.
Description: 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 second edition, further accommodated to commercial purposes, as well as general information, by another hand. 21cm. viii, [776]pp, folding frontis map, 13 further maps. Contemporary full calf gilt. Front board detached; vertical crack to spine. Sold as a collection of maps including Mercator's projection; North America; Asia; West Indies.

Keywords: dictionary maps Geography ; Dictionaries. Ge´ographie ; Dictionnaires anglais. Geography. Geography ; Dictionaries. Gazetteers. Toponymy.

Price: GBP 87.00 = appr. US$ 124.23 Seller: John Turton
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