Edmund Bohun, A Geographical Dictionary (1688)
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Date
1688
Author
Edmund Bohun Note: 30/09/2005
Book title
A Geographical Dictionary, Representing the Present and Ancient Names Of all the Countries, Provinces, Remarkable Cities, Universities, Ports, Towns, Mountains, Seas, Streights, Fountains, and Rivers Of the whole World, Their Distances, Longitudes and Latitudes, With a short Historical Account of the same, And Their Present State. To which is added an Index of the Ancient and Latin Names
Publication place
London
Publisher
Charles Brome
Text type
printed book
Genre
Proper and place name indexes
Subject area
- geography
- place name
Summary
See also Three charges delivered at the General Quarter Sessions .... To which is added, the author's vindication from the calumnies and mistakes cast on him, on account of his Geographical dictionary (London: Robert Clavell, 1693) Wing B 3462; reel 784:2
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: Virginia, a Country in North America, is bounded on the South by Carolina, on the E. by the Vergivian Ocean, on the N. by Maryland, and on the West by Mountains, and a vast Tract of undiscovered Lands. It was first discovered by Sebastian Cabot, a Portuguese, in an English Ship, in the year 1497. Viewed by Sir Francis Drake; and called Virginia, by Sir Walter Rawleigh, in Honour of Queen Elizabeth, in the year 1603. It was first planted in the year 1607. by Sir John Popham. The air of this Country is pleasant and wholesome, except in the Lowlands and Marshes, but then it is subject to violent changes, especially when the North-West Winds blow, which coming from Mountains, which are always covered with Snow, are violently Cold. It abounds with all things useful to the Life of Man, except Wine and Oil. The chief Town where the Governour resides is James Town, and the whole is divided into nineteen Counties. (bbb6r)
sample: Virginia, a Country in North America, is bounded on the South by Carolina, on the E. by the Vergivian Ocean, on the N. by Maryland, and on the West by Mountains, and a vast Tract of undiscovered Lands. It was first discovered by Sebastian Cabot, a Portuguese, in an English Ship, in the year 1497. Viewed by Sir Francis Drake; and called Virginia, by Sir Walter Rawleigh, in Honour of Queen Elizabeth, in the year 1603. It was first planted in the year 1607. by Sir John Popham. The air of this Country is pleasant and wholesome, except in the Lowlands and Marshes, but then it is subject to violent changes, especially when the North-West Winds blow, which coming from Mountains, which are always covered with Snow, are violently Cold. It abounds with all things useful to the Life of Man, except Wine and Oil. The chief Town where the Governour resides is James Town, and the whole is divided into nineteen Counties. (bbb6r)
Alston
XI.31
Wing
B3452
Other editions
1691: Wing B3453 (Alston XI.32);
1693: Wing B3454 (Alston XI.33);
1695: Wing B3455 (Alston XI.34)
1693: Wing B3454 (Alston XI.33);
1695: Wing B3455 (Alston XI.34)
