An Introduction to geography. [electronic resource] : In two parts. Part I. Of the dismition of geography; of the figure of the Earth; desinitions; of the latitude of places, or The elvation of the pole, and of the division of the Earth into five zones; of climates; of the four seasons of the year; of the division of the Earth according to the shadows of bodies; of longitude; of the dimensions or greatness of the Earth; of the motions of the Earth, and its situation in the system of the world; of mountains; of mines, woods and defarts; of the properties of the ocean, and its parts; of lakes and marshes; of rivers; of mineral waters; of the change of the watery surface into that of dry land, and the contary. Part II. Of the natural division of the Earth, made by the investing ocean; of the division of the ocean by the Earth. Of the several religions prosess'd in the several parts of the Earth. A short account of the several consider able nations in Europe, and the interest they have to each other. A curious description of Asia, Africa, and America; in which is contain'd all that is any ways remarkable, either with respect to its inhabitants, its antiquities, or its natural history.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geography--Early works to 1800.

Geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2]p.,20 plates ) maps ;

Other Title:

Introduction to geography

Place of Publication:

London : Sold by J. Senex, at the Globe in Salisbury-Court near Fleetstreet, MDCCXVII. [1717]

Notes:

Each map bears a pasted letter-press explanation on recto and verso.

J. Maxwell's name from colophon.

Reproduction of original from Trinity College Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T194488.

OCLC:

509563960