A view of the earth, as far as it was known to the ancients. Being a short but comprehensive system of classical geography. Exhibiting 1. A Description of the several Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces, their Cities, Towns, Rivers, and Mountains, mentioned in the Greek and Latin Classics, Homer, Virgil, Xenophon, Cæsar, Livy, Herodotus, &c. II. An accurate Abridgment of the whole Æneid of Virgil, and Odyssey of Homer, in a geographical Description of the Voyages of Æneas and Ulysses. With the Travels and Voyages of Saint Paul. Being a Work absolutely necessary for the right understanding of the Classics. Adapted to the use of schools and Academies. Illustrated with a new Set of Maps, corrected from the best Ancient Historians and Geographers, on Purpose for this Work. By R. Turner, Junior, of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, and author of the Heretical History.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, R. (Richard), 1753-1788.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geography--Early works to 1800.

Geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([8],99,[1]p.,plates ) maps ;

Other Title:

View of the earth,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, M.DCC.LXXIX. [1779]

Notes:

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T65398.

OCLC:

642659000