Early encyclopedias

Encyclope´die des voyages : contenant l'abre´ge´ historique des mœurs, usages, habitudes domestiques, religions, fe^tes, supplices, fune´railles, sciences, arts, et commerce de tous les peuples : et ...[View full title] la collection complette de leurs habillemens civils, militaires, religieux et dignitaires, dessine´s d'apre`s nature, grave´s avec soin et colorie´s a` l'aquarelle / par J. Grasset S.-Sauveur.

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77126589

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John Davis Barnett fonds [multiple media]

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98133

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R2964-0-0-E, MG30-B86

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A philosophical and mathematical dictionary : containing an explanation of the terms, and an account of the several subjects, comprised under the heads mathemetics, astronomy, and philosophy both nat ...[View full title] ural and experimental ; with an historical account of the rise, progress and present state of these sciences ; also memoirs of the lives and writings of the most eminent authors, both ancient and modern, who by their discoveries or improvements have contributed to the advancement of them / by Charles Hutton ... ; in two volumes, with many cuts and copper-plates.

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940181032

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Encyclopedia of chronology, historical and biographical. By B.B. Woodward ... and William L.R. Cates ...

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3525351

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Encyclope´die du dix-neuvie`me sie`cle : re´pertoire universel des sciences, des lettres des arts, avec la biographie et de nombreuses gravures.

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1007514807

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Dictionnaire franc¸ais illustre´ et encyclope´die universelle pouvant tenir lieu de tous les vocabulaires et de toutes les encyclope´dies / par B. Dupiney de Vorepierre.

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1007691848

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The centennial gazetteer of the United States. A geographical and statistical encyclopaedia of the states, territories, counties, townships ... etc. in the American Union.

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1007267298

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The centennial gazetter of the United States : a geographical and statistical encyclopaedia of the states, territories, countries, townships, villages, post-offices, mountains, rivers, lakes, etc., i ...[View full title] n the American union.

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1007311052

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The Encyclopaedia Britannica : a dictionary of arts, sciences, and a general literature.

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1032843792

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Encyclopaedia of chemistry, theoretical, practical, and analytical as applied to the manufactures / ill. by writers of eminence.

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1007332234

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Ure's dictionary of arts, manufactures, and mines, containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice, by Robert Hunt ... assisted by F.W. Rudler ...

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48519254

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Appletons' annual cyclopaedia and register of important events.

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187418775

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New cyclopaedia of illustrations : adapted to Christian teaching : embracing mythology, analogies, legends, parables, emblems, metaphors, similes, allegories, proverbs : classic, historic and religio ...[View full title] us anecdotes, etc. / with an introduction by Stephen H. Tyng.

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61639550

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Canadian farming : an encyclopedia of agriculture, being the report of the Ontario Agricultural Commission.

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1036009722

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The liberal and radical year book and statesman's encyclopedia.

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49957753

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The practical home physician and encyclopedia of medicine : a guide for the household management of disease ; giving the history, cause, means of prevention, and symptoms of all diseases of men, wome ...[View full title] n and children, and most approved methods of the treatment, with plain instructions, for the care of the sick. Full and accurate directions for treating wounds, injuries, poisons, & c ... / written by Henry [and others].

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1016155971

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The illustrated stock doctor and live-stock encyclopedia : including horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry / by J. Russell Manning.

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74753084

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Gaskell's compendium of forms, educational, social, legal and commercial : embracing a complete self-teaching course in penmanship and bookkeeping, and aid to English composition : together with the ...[View full title] laws and by-laws of social etiquette, and business law and commercial forms, a manual of agriculture, mechanics and mining, and a complete guide to parliamentary practice : the whole forming a complete encyclopedia of reference, elegantly illustrated / by G.A. Gaskell.

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1007343739

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The Practical home physician and encyclopedia of medicine : a guide for the household management of disease, giving the history, cause, means of prevention, and symptoms of all diseases of men, women ...[View full title] and children ... / written by Henry M. Lyman ... [et al.] .

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1033008992

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The Jeannette : and a complete and authentic narrative encyclopedia of all voyages and expeditions to the North Polar Regions ... / by Richard Perry.

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1006925521

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The Liberal and radical year book.

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1013285034

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The Coues check list of North American birds / [Elliott Coues].

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77380648

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Grande encyclope´die ge´ne´rale des jeux / par Benjamin Pifteau .

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1006670377

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Encyclope´die juridique, ou, Exposition organique de la science du droit prive´, public et international, sur les bases de l'e´thique [Texte imprime´] / par Henri Ahrens ; traduit de l'allemand et pr ...[View full title] e´ce´de´ d'une notice biographique, d'un avant-propos et d'un essai critique sur les doctrines philosophiques, sociales et religieuses de l'auteur, envisage´es principalement dans leur rapport avec le dogme chre´tien, par A. Chauffard.

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490298610

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A military dictionary and gazetteer. Comprising ancient and modern military technical terms, historical accounts of all North American Indians, as well as ancient warlike tribes; also notices of batt ...[View full title] les from the earliest period to the present time, with a concise explanation of terms used in heraldry and the offices thereof. The work also gives valuable geographical information. Comp. from the best authorities of all nations. With an appendix containing the Articles of war, etc.

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317627217

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Flapdoodle : a political encyclopaedia and manual for public men / edited by an Ex-minister ; illustrated by Bengough.

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36038177

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Illustrated encyclopaedia of gold and silver coins of the world : illustrating the modern, ancient, current and curious, from A.D. 1885 back to B.C.700...

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1007611311

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Day's collacon: an encyclopaedia of prose quotations, consisting of beautiful thoughts, choice extracts and sayings, of the most eminent writers of all nations, from the earliest ages to the present ...[View full title] time, together with a comprehensive biographical index of authors, and an alphabetical list of subjects quoted. Comp. and arranged by Edward Parsons Day.

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2850790

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Brownlee's indexed railway and guide map of Manitoba 1889 : a complete encyclopaedia of the Prairie Province.

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53588569

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Canadian farming : an encyclopaedia of agriculture : being the report of the Agricultural Commission of the Province of Ontario.

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1019207924

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The cyclopædia of India and of eastern and southern Asia : commercial, industrial and scientific, products of the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms, useful arts and manufactures / by Edward Bal ...[View full title] four.

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3257764

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The Canadian home, farm and business cyclopaedia : a treasury of useful and entertaining knowledge . / the farm department specially written for this work, by William Brown ; the business department ...[View full title] under the supervision of George Maclean Rose ; the entire work carefully edited by a syndicate of Canadian specialists.

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841613750

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A general and analytical index to the American cyclopaedia / by T.J. Conant ; assisted by his daughter, Blandina Conant.

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12157817

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A compendious German and English dictionary : with notation of correspondences and brief etymologies / by William Dwight Whitney ; assisted by August Hjalmar Edgren .

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1007005177

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Ontario county gazetteer and Canadian cyclopaedia : containing historical sketches of Ontario and of the Dominion of Canada, and detailed information.

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670497027

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A glossary of reference on subjects connected with the Far East, by Herbert A. Giles ...

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12150291

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Farrow's military encyclopedia : dictionary of military knowledge, illustrated with maps and about three thousand wood engravings.

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320372721

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Encyclopedia Britannica - Importation of the Encyclopedia Britannica containing Canadian copyrighted articles reprinted in New York - From Customs Department

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1423168

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RG13-A-2, Volume number: 2262, File number: 1890-1247

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Encyclopedia - If encyclopedia dictionary imported by the Convent of the Ladies of Loretto, Stratford, Ontario may be admitted free - From Customs Department

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1419318

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RG13-A-2, Volume number: 2276, File number: 1894-1058

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Chicago, the marvelous city of the West. A history, an encyclopedia, and a guide 1892. Written and compiled by John J. Flinn.

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15334607

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Progress of the Catholic Church in America and the great Columbian Catholic Congress of 1893 : an encyclopedia of the growth of the church from the landing of Columbus to the present time : embracing ...[View full title] official proceedings of all the Chicago Catholic Congress.

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1006833269

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CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT, OTTAWA. ARE ANY OF THE ARTICLES CONTAINED IN EDITION OF ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA PUBLISHED BY WERNER AND COMPANY OF CHICAGO BEEN COPYRIGHTED IN CANADA

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1986249

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RG17, Volume number: 809, File number: 96945

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The encyclopedia of social reform : including political economy, political science, sociology and statistics / edited by William D.P. Bliss, with the co-operation of many specialists.

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989809

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The World almanac and encyclopedia.

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1776220

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The Cyclopædia of temperance and prohibition : a reference book of facts, statistics, and general information on all phases of the drink question, the temperance movement and the prohibition agitatio ...[View full title] n.

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3666170

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Annual and encyclopaedia of useful information.

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36433371

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The Encyclopaedia britannica : a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature.

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1007332040

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Catalogue de trois bibliothe`ques combine´es en une seule : bibliothe`que de feu l'hon. David Ross, comprenant plus de 1000 volumes de droit canadien, anglais et franc¸ais : bibliothe`que de M. le ca ...[View full title] pitaine Bernier, comprenant plus de 1500 volumes de litte´rature, histoire, poe´sie, etc., etc. : bibliothe`que de M. le Dr. C. E. Lemieux, comprenant environ 1000 volumes d'ouvrage [sic] de chirurgie, encyclope´die me´dicale, dictionnaire, revue me´dicale, oeuvres de Champlain et livres canadiens : pour e^tre vendues a` l'encan lundi et mardi le 4 et 5 avril aux salles Lemieux, 263, rue St-Jean, Que´bec ... Lemieux, Gale & Cie, encanteurs.

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1007618910

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Dictionnaire de la femme : encyclope´die-manuel des connaissances utiles a` la femme / par Gaston Cerfberr et M.V. Ramin.

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1007330660

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The Encyclopaedia of missions : descriptive, historical, biographical, statistical : with a full assortment of maps, a complete bibliography, and lists of Bible versions, missionary societies, missio ...[View full title] n stations and a general index / edited by Edwin Munsell Bliss.

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63101011

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Canada, an encyclopaedia of the country : the Canadian Dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development / by a corps of eminent ...[View full title] writers and specialists ; edited by J. Castell Hopkins.

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317923560

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Canada, an encyclopaedia of the country : the Canadian Dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development / by a corps of eminent ...[View full title] writers and specialists ; edited by J. Castell Hopkins.

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317923577

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The Encyclopaedia Britannica : a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature ; with new maps and original American articles by eminent writers / with American revisions and additions by W.H. ...[View full title] DePuy, bringing each volume up to date ; pref. notice by T.S. Baynes.

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1007513094

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The library of choice literature and encyclopaedia of universal authorship / ed. with biograhical and critical notes by Ainsworth R. Spofford ... and Charles Gibbon ... Illustrated by the best artis ...[View full title] ts of all countries. 100 photogravures forming a comprehensive gallery of modern art ...

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658083922

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Nouveau dictionnaire universel illustre´ : contenant langue franc¸aise, histoire, biographie, ge´ographie, sciences et arts / par Paul Gue´rin et G. Bovier-Lapierre ; 964 figures, 11 cartes dans le t ...[View full title] exte, 30 cartes et planches en couleurs, 44 tableaux encyclope´diques par F.-C. Menetrier.

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1007193418

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Dictionnaire historique et biographique de la Revolution et de l'empire, 1789-1815 ... / ouvrage redige pour l'histoire par le Dr. Robert ; pour la partie descriptive et biographique par Adolphe Rob ...[View full title] ert ; pour les matieres constitutionnelles et legislatives par J. Le Chaplain.

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638897511

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The Century cyclopedia of names : a pronouncing and etymological dictionary of names in geography, biography, mythology, history, ethnology, art, archaeology, fiction, etc., etc., etc. / edited by Be ...[View full title] njamin E. Smith ; assisted by a number of eminent specialists.

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4255808

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Alphabet of first things in Canada : a ready reference book of Canadian events / by George Johnson.

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1032834500

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Alphabet of first things in Canada / by George Johnson.

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28398211

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Alphabet of first things in Canada, a ready reference book of Canadian events.

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3598662

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Wagner-Encyklopa¨die. [Haupterscheinungen der Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte im Lichte der Anschauung Richard Wagners. In wo¨rtlichen Anfu¨hrungen aus seinen Schriften dargestellt von C. Fr. Glasenapp.

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2084975

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The general gazetteer; or, Compendious geographical dictionary. Containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities ... &c. in the known world: with the extent, boundarie ...[View full title] s, and natural productions of each country; the government, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants ... and the various events by which they have been distinguished. Illustrated by eight maps. Originally compiled by R. Brookes.

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6184424

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Brooke's general gazetteer improved, or, A new compendious geographical dictionary : containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers ...[View full title] , lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world : with the government, customs, manners and religion of the inhabitants ; the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country ; the trade, manufactures, and curiosities of the cities and towns, their longitude, latitude, bearings and distances in English miles, from remarkable places, and the various events by which they have been distinguished : including a detail of the counties, cities, boroughs, market-towns, and principal villages, in Great Britain and Ireland : together with a succinct account of, at least, seven hundred cities, towns and villages in the United States, more than has appeared in any preceding edition of the same work, in which the numerous mistakes and deficiencies of European gazetteers, respecting this country, are corrected and supplied : illustrated by eight maps, neatly executed / originally written by R. Brookes.

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62906431

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