A General Gazeteer; Or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary, Containing a Description of the Nations, Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Cities, Towns ... in the Known World ..... Illustrated with Maps
- Hardcover
- London: Printed for J. Bumpus, et al., 1818
8vo. xvi, 776pp. Folding engraved frontispiece of two world globes; Illustrated with six folding engraved maps (complete). Half deep blue calf, spine gilt, maroon lettering label, gilt, marbled paper sides, edges and end papers.
Light wear to edges and hinges, some aging and soil to the maps, closed tear at a fold on the Africa map and text, but overall a very good copy.
Here you will see the entire southwest coast of North America named California; with Mexico and New Mexico to the east, New Leon to the south, Louisiana taking the greater part of the center, and the United States along the east coast. Corea is shown and, across the sea, Nippon. Africa looks strangely complete, though many of the names in the center of the country are not recognized by this cataloguer.
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Title
A General Gazeteer; Or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary, Containing a Description of the Nations, Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Cities, Towns ... in the Known World ..... Illustrated with Maps
Author
Brookes, R.
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
Printed for J. Bumpus, et al.: London
Date
1818