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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, CUSTOMES, 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, BEARING and DISTANCE 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.
/ Qui mores hominum multorum vidit & urbes. HOR. / The THIRD EDITION, corrected
/ LONDON, / Printed for ... / MDCCLXXIII, / (Price Seven Shillings.)
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