A Complete system of geography. [electronic resource] : Being a description of all the countries, is...
A Complete system of geography. [electronic resource] : Being a description of all the countries, islands, cities, chief towns, harbours, lakes, and rivers, mountains, mines, &c. of the known world. Shewing the situation, extent, and boundaries, of the several empires, kingdoms, ..., their climate, soil, and produce; their principal buildings, manufactures, and trade; their government, policy, religion, manners, and customs; and the ... including the most material revolutions and changes that have happen'd in every state, either by conquest or treaties; and comprehending ... To which is prefixed, An introduction to geography, as a science: An explanation of maps: The doctrine of the sphere: The system of the world: And a philosophical treaties of the earth, sea, air, and meteors. In two volumes. ... By Emanuel Bowen, geographer to His Majesty, being all new-drawn and ingraved according to the latest discoveries and surveys; ... for the use of all gentleman, merchants, mariners, and others, who delight in history and geography. This work, extracted from several hundred books of travels and history, is brought down to the present time; preserving all that is useful in the fourth and last edition of the complete geographer, publish'd under the name of Herman Moll, &c.
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London : Printed for William Innys, Richard Ware, Aaron Ward, J. and P. Knapton, John Clarke, T. Longman and T. Shewell, Thomas Osborne, Henry Whitridge, Richard Hett, Charles Hitch, Stephen Austen, Edmund Comyns, Andrew Millar, James Hodges, Charles Corbett, and Jo. and Ja. Rivington, M.DCC.XLVII. [1747]
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M.DCC.XLVII. [1747]
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2v.,plates : maps ; 2°.
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London : Printed for William Innys, Richard Ware, Aaron Ward, J. and P. Knapton, John Clarke, T. Longman and T. Shewell, Thomas Osborne, Henry Whitridge, Richard Hett, Charles Hitch, Stephen Austen, Edmund Comyns, Andrew Millar, James Hodges, Charles Corbett, and Jo. and Ja. Rivington, M.DCC.XLVII. [1747]
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M.DCC.XLVII. [1747]
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A Complete system of geography. [electronic resource] : Being a description of all the countries, islands, cities, chief towns, harbours, lakes, and rivers, mountains, mines, &c. of the known world. Shewing the situation, extent, and boundaries, of the several empires, kingdoms, ..., their climate, soil, and produce; their principal buildings, manu...
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Brace(s) in title or imprint.
Dedication signed: Stephen Whatley; a variant has the dedication signed: The authors.
Published in 144 numbered parts.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Titlepages in red and black.
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ESTC T140529.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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