A compleat system of general geography : explaining the nature and properties of the earth; viz. It's Figure, Magnitude, Motions, Situation, Contents, and Division into Land and Water, Mountains, Woods, Desarts, Lakes, Rivers, &c. With particular Accounts of the different Appearances of the Heavens in different Countries; the Seasons of the Year over all the Globe; the Tides of the Sea; Bays, Capes, Islands, Rocks, Sand Banks, and Shelves. The State of the Atmosphere; the Nature of Exhalations; Winds, Storms, Tornados, &c. The Origin of Springs, Mineral-Waters, Burning Mountains, Mines, &c. The Uses and Making of Maps, Globes, and Sea-Charts. The Foundations of Dialling; the Art of Measuring Heights and Distances; the Art of Ship-Building, Navigation, and the Ways of Finding the Longitude at Sea. Originally written in Latin by Bernhard Varenius, M.D. since improved and illustrated by Sir Isaac Newton and Dr Jurin; and now translated into English; with additional notes, copper-plates, an Alphabetical Index, and other Improvements. Particularly useful to Students in the Universities; Travellers, Sailors, and all those who desire to be acquainted with Mixed Mathematics, Geography, Astronomy, and Navigation. By Mr Dugdale. The whole revised and corrected by Peter Shaw, M.D. In two volumes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Varenius, Bernhardus, 1622-1650.

Standardized Title:

Geographia generalis. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geography--Early works to 1800.

Geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2v.([2],xxiv,520xvi,[1],522-790,[16]p.),12 plates )

Other Title:

Compleat system of general geography

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Stephen Austen, at the Angel and Bible, in St Paul's Church-Yard, 1733.

Notes:

With an initial recommendation leaf and a final leaf of advertisements.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T113737.

OCLC:

642287442