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A new geographical, historical and commercial grammar, and present state of the several kingdoms of the world : containing, I. The figures, motions, and distances of the planets, according to the Newtonian system and the latest observations. II. A general view of the Earth considered as a planet, with several useful geographical definitions and problems. III. The grand divisions of the Globe into land and water, continents and islands. IV. The situation and extent of Empires, Kingdoms, states, provinces. and colonies. V. Their climate, air, soil, vegetable productions, metals, minerals, natural curiosities, seas, rivers, bays, capes, promontories, and lakes. VI. The birds and beasts peculiar to each country. VII. Observations on the changes that have been any where observed upon the face of nature since the most early periods of history. VIII. The history and origin of nations, their forms of government, religion, laws, revenues, taxes, naval and military strength. IX The genius, manners, customs,and habits of the people. X. Their language, learning, arts, sciences, manufactures, and commerce. XI. The chief cities, structures, ruins, and artificial curiosities. XII. The longitude, latitude, bearings, and distance of principal places from London. To which are added, I. A geographical index, with the names of places alphabetically arranged. II. A table of the coins of all nations, and their value in English money. III. A chronological table of remarkable events from the creation to the present time / by William Guthrie, Esq., illustrated with a correct set of maps, engraved by Mr. Kitchin, geographer. by Guthrie, William, 1708-1770 | Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784 [engraver] | Ferguson, James, 1710-1776 | Knox, John, 1720-1790 | Carline, G. R. (George Reginald), -1932 [former owner.]. Edition: The Sixth edition, improved and enlarged, the astronomical part by James Ferguson, F.R.S.Publisher: London : printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, and George Robinson, Pater-noster-Row, MDCCLXXIX [1779]Availability: Items available for loan:
[Call number: B.3.E.7]
(1). Location(s): Royal Anthropological Institute B.3.E.7.
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By the King's royal license and authority. A new royal authentic and complete system of universal geography antient and modern: Including all the late important discoveries made by the English, and other celebrated navigators of various nations, in the different hemispheres, and containing a complete genuine history and description of the whole world, ... throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and America: together with their respective situations, extent, ... With an account of the religion, laws, ... Also exact descriptions of the various kinds of beasts, birds, ... including every thing curious, as related by the most eminent travellers and navigators, from the earliest accounts to the present time. Likewise the essence of the voyages-of the most enterprising navigators of different nations and countries, from the celebrated Columbus, ...Together with a concise history of every empire, kingdom and state. Including an account of the most remarkable discoveries, ... The whole forming an authentic and entertaining account of every thing worthy of notice throughout the whole face of nature, ... With a great variety of curious articles, communicated by gentlemen who have travalled in various parts, ... To which is added, A complete guide to geography, ... Published by the royal licence and authority of His Britannic Majesty King George III. And containing every important, .. discovery throughout the whole of Captain Cook's voyages round the world. Together with those of all other modern at well as antient circumnavigators round the globe, ... / By the Reverend Thomas Bankes, Vicar of Dixton in Monmouthshire, and author of the Christian family Bible. Edward Warren Blake, Esq. and [blank] Alexander Cook, A.M. Teacher of Geography, Astronomy, and Navigation. Enriched with upwards of one hundred and fifty beautiful engravings, ... The whole executed in a superior stile, by the first artists in the kingdom. by Bankes, Thomas, 1744- | Blake, Edward Warren | Cook, Alexander | Lloyd, Thomas. Publisher: London : printed for C. Cooke, No. 17, Pater-Noster-Row, [1790?]Availability: Items available for loan:
[Call number: H.3.A.3]
(1). Location(s): Africa Oceania and the Americas H.3.A.3.
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[Stephanou Byzantiou Ethnika kat'epitomēn], = Stephani Byzantini Gentilia per epitomen, antehac [Peri poleōn] De vrbibus inscripta, / quæ ex MSS. codicibus Palatinis ab Cl. Salmasio quondam collatis & MS. Vossiano restituit, supplevit, ac Latina versione & integro commentario illustravit Abrahamus Berkelius. Accedunt collectæ ab Jacobo Gronovio Variæ lectiones ex codice MS. Perusino, & admixtæ ejusdem notæ.. by Stephanos, ho Byzantios, 6th cent | Berkelius, Abrahamus [commentator.] | Gronovius, Jacobus, 1645-1716 [commentator.] | Saumaise, Claude, 1588-1653 | Gaasbeeck, Daniel van, fl. 1655-1692 [printer.]. Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Publisher: Lugduni Batavorum, : Apud Danielem à Gaesbeeck., M DC LXXXVIIIOther title: [Ethnika kat'epitomēn] | Stephani Byzantini Gentilia per epitomen, antehac [Peri poleōn] De vrbibus inscripta | Gentilia per epitomen, antehac [Peri poleōn] De vrbibus inscripta.Availability: Items available for loan:
[Call number: Rare Books STE]
(1). Location(s): Greece and Rome Rare Books STE.
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La geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino, nuouamente tradotta di Greco in Italiano, da Girolamo Ruscelli, con espositioni del medesimo, particolari di luogo in luogo, & uniuersali sopra tutto il libro, et sopra tutta la Geografia, ò modo di far la descrittione di tutto il mondo ... Aggiuntoui vn pieno discorso di M. Gioseppe Moleto matematico, nel quale si dichiarano tutti i termini & le regole appartenenti alla Geografia. Et con vna nuoua & copiosa tauola di nomi antichi, dichiarati co i nomi moderni, & con molte altre cose vtilissime & necessarie, che ciascuno leggendo potrà conoscere.. by Ptolemy, active 2nd century | Ruscelli, Girolamo, -approximately 1565 | Moleti, Giuseppe, 1531-1588. Language: Italian Publisher: In Venetia, : Appresso Vincenzo Valgrisi, M. D. LXIOther title: Geografia di Clavdio Tolomeo Alessandrino | Geographia di Claudia Tolomeo Alessandrino | Expositioni et di Girolamo Ruscelli.Availability: Items available for loan:
[Call number: A.3.C.17]
(1). Location(s): Royal Anthropological Institute A.3.C.17.
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Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a complete collection of voyages and travels. Consisting of above six hundred of the most authentic writers, beginning with Hackluit, Purchass, &c. in English; Ramusio, Alamandini, Carreri, &c. in Italian; Thevenot, Renaudot, Labat, &c. in French; De Brye, Grynaeus, Maffeus, &c. in Latin; Herrera, Oviedo, Coreal, &c. in Spanish; and the voyages under the direction of the East-India Company in Holland, in Dutch. Together with such other histories, voyages, travels, or discoveries, as are in general esteem; whether published in English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, High and Low Dutch, or in any other European language. Containing whatever has been observed worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America; in respect to the extent and situation of empires, kingdoms, provinces, &c. The climate, soil, and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, of each country: likewise the religion, manners, and customs of the several inhabitants, their government, arts and sciences, publick buildings, mountains, rivers, harbours, &c. Illustrated by proper charts, maps, and cuts. To which is prefixed a copious introduction, comprehending the rise and progress of the art of navigation, and its successive improvements; together with the invention and use of the loadstone, and its variation. Originally published in two volumes in folio, by John Harris, D.D. and F.R.S. Now carefully revised, with large additions, and continued down to the present time; including particular accounts of the manufactures and commerce of each country. by Harris, John, 1667?-1719 | Campbell, John, 1708-1775. Publisher: London : printed for T. Woodward, A. Ward, S. Birt, D. Browne, T. Longman, R. Hett, C. Hitch, H. Whitridge, S. Austen, J. Hodges, J. Robinson, B. Dod, T. Harris, J. Hinton, and J. Rivington, M.DCC.XLI.-M.DCC.XLVIII. [1744-1748]Availability: Items available for loan:
[Call number: H.2.A.1 [V.1]]
(2). Location(s): Royal Anthropological Institute H.2.A.1 [V.1].
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A voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty's sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5. / By George Forster, F.R.S. Member of the Royal Academy of Madrid, and of the Society for promoting Natural Knowledge at Berlin. In two volumes. by Forster, Georg, 1754-1794 | Forster, Johann Reinhold, 1729-1798. Publisher: London : printed for B. White, in Fleet-Street; J. Robson, in Bond-Street; and P. Elmsly, in the Strand, M DCCLXXVII. [1777]Availability: Items available for loan:
[Call number: D.2.B.4 [V.1]]
(2). Location(s): Africa Oceania and the Americas D.2.B.4 [V.1].
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Jacut's Geographisches Wörterbuch aus den Handschriften zu Berlin, St. Petersburg, Paris, London and Oxford : auf Kosten der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft / herausgegeben von Ferdinand Wüstenfeld. by Yāqūt ibn 'Abd Allāh al-Hamawī, 1179?-1229 | Wüstenfeld, Ferdinand, 1808-1899 | Rescher, Oskar, 1883-1972. Language: German, Arabic Publisher: Leipzig : In Commission bei F. A. Brockhaus, 1866-73Availability: Items available for loan:
[Call number: GEN J 1 YĀQ V. 1]
(6). Location(s): Middle East GEN J 1 YĀQ V. 1.
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Indian antiquities: or, Dissertations, relative to the ancient geographical divisions, the pure system of primeval theology, the grand code of civil laws, the original form of government, the widely-extended commerce, and the various and profound literature, of Hindostan: compared, throughout, with the religion, laws, government, and literature, of Persia, Egypt, and Greece, the whole intended as introductory to the history of Hindostan, upon a comprehensive scale / by [Thomas Maurice] by Maurice, Thomas, 1754-1824 | Witt, George, 1804-1869. Publisher: London : Printed for the author, by C. & W. Galabin, Ingram-court, Fenchurch-street, and sold by John White, Fleet-street, 1806Other title: Indian antiquities.Availability: Items available for loan:
[Call number: WITT 1]
(7). Location(s): Africa Oceania and the Americas WITT 1.
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Charts and plates to La Pérouse's voyage. by La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788. Publisher: [London] : Published as the Act directs by G.G. & J. Robinson, Nov. 1st., 1798Availability: Items available for loan:
[Call number: J.3.G.1]
(1). Location(s): Africa Oceania and the Americas J.3.G.1.
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Kitāb Masālik wa-mamālik taṣnīf ibn Hawqal = The oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century / translated from a manuscript in his own possession, ... by Sir William Ouseley. by Iṣṭakhrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, -957 or 958 | Ibn Ḥawqal, Muḥammad, active 10th century | Balkhī, Aḥmad ibn Sahl, 849 or 850-934 | Ouseley, William, 1767-1842. Language: English, Arabic, Persian Original language: Persian Publisher: London : printed, at the Oriental Press, by Wilson & Co., for T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, 1800Other title: Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century.Availability: Items available for loan:
[Call number: 1645C (RARE)]
(1). Location(s): Middle East 1645C (RARE).
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A general collection of voyages and discoveries, made by the Portuguese and the Spaniards, during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Containing the Interesting and Entertaining Voyages of the Celebrated Gonzalez and Vaz, Gonzalez Zarco, Lanzerota, Diogo Gill, Cada Mosto, Pedro di Sintra, Diogo D'azambuza Bartholomew Dias, Vasco de Gama, Voyages to the Canary Islands Voyages of Columbus, Nino and Guierra, Ojeda and Vespusius Cortereal, Alvarez Cabral, Francis Almeed, Albuquerque, Andrea Corsali, Voyage to St. Thomas, Voyage of de Solis, Pinzon, &c. Voyage of John Ponce, Grijalva, Nicuessa, Cortes, Ojlda and Ocampo, Magellan. With other Voyages, to the East-Indies, the West-Indies, Round the World, &c. Adorned with Copper-Plates, Maps, &c. Publisher: London : published by W. Richardson, Royal Exchange; J. Bew, Paternoster-Row; T. Hookham, New Bond-Street; J. and T. Egerton, Whitehall; and C. Stalker, Stationers-Court, Ludgate-Street, MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]Availability: Items available for loan:
[Call number: D.1.A.6]
(1). Location(s): Africa Oceania and the Americas D.1.A.6.
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