A compleat system of general geography : explaining the nature and properties of the earth (v.1)
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Type of record: Book
Title: A compleat system of general geography : explaining the nature and properties of the earth (v.1)
Other titles: Geographia generalis
Classmark: Geography A-9/VAR
Creator(s): Varenius, Bernhardus (1622-1650)
Additional creator(s): Newton, Isaac (1642-1727) (Other); Jurin, James (1684-1750) (Other); Dugdale, Mr (Other); Shaw, Peter (1694-1763) (Other)
Related people: Newton, Isaac; Jurin, James; Dugdale; Shaw, Peter
Publisher: Printed for Stephen Austen
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1736
Language: English
Size and medium: 2 v (898 p)
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/192681
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991009105869705181
Description
Subtitle: 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 all over 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 ways of finding the longitude at sea.
Vol. 1: xxiv, 528 p., [1], VII leaves of plates; v. 2: xvi, [529]-898, [14] p., leaves of plates VIII-XI.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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