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Janua scientiarum, or, A compendious introduction to geography, chronology, government, history, phylosophy, and all genteel sorts of literature
Blount, Charles (1654-1693)
1684
Wing B3306.
Aethici cosmographia : Antonii Augusti Itinerarium provinciarum
Aethicus Ister; Simmler, Josias (1530-1576); Vibius Sequester; Rutilius Namatianus, Claudius
1575
Also includes: the Itinerarium Antonini, the Itinerarium of Rutilius Claudius Namatianus, and the geography of Vibius Sequester.
L'Amérique en plusieurs cartes : & en divers traittés de geographie, et d'histoire... ses empires, ses peuples, ses colonies, leurs moeurs, langues, religions, richesses, &c
Sanson, Nicolas (1600-1667)
1657
Indexed in: Sabin 76708.
Philippi Cluverii Introductio in universam geographiam tam veterem quam novam tabulis geographicis XLVI. ac notis olim ornata à Johanne Bunone, jam verô locupletata additamentis & annotationibus Joh. Frid. Hekelii & Joh. Reiskii. Cum privilegio ordinum Holl. & Westfrisiæ
Clüver, Philipp (1580-1622); Buno, Johannes (1617-1697); Heckel, Johann Friedrich (1700); Reiske, Johannes (1641-1701)
1697
Title vignette, engr.
Guillel. Postelli De cosmographica disciplina et Signorum coelestium vera configuratione libri II
Postel, Guillaume (1510-1581); Balesdens, Jean (1675)
1636
The "Signorum coelestium vera configuratione" has seperate part-title, pagination and signatures.
Guillelmi Postelli De universitate libri duo: in quibus astronomiæ, doctrinæve cœlestis compendium
Postel, Guillaume (1510-1581)
M DC XXXV. [1635]
Title in red and black; title vignette (printer's mark); decorated initials.
Philippi Cluverii Introdvctionis in vniversam geographiam, tam veterem quàm novam, libri VI
Clüver, Philipp (1580-1622)
1629
Page 352 numbered 252.
The Spanish Mandevile of miracles : or, The garden of curious flowers. Wherin are handled sundry points of humanity, philosophy, diuinitie, and geography, beautified with many strange and pleasant histories
Torquemada, Antonio de (fl. 1553-1570); Walker, Ferdinand
1600
First edition. 'Epistle dedicatorie' signed: Ferdinando Valker [sic]. Garden of curious flowers.
A tutor to astronomie and geographie; or, an easie and speedy way to know the use of both the globes, coelestial and terrestrial : in six books... With an appendix shewing the use of the Ptolomaick sphere
Moxon, Joseph (1627-1691); Hood, Thomas (fl.1582-1598)
1670
First published 1659. "The ancient stories of the several stars and constellations... collected from Dr. Hood",p.208-232. Added engraved title-page in Latin: Ductor ad astronomiam & geographiam. V...
A new voyage around the world : describing particularly the isthmus of America, several coasts and islands in the West Indies, the Isles of Cape Verd, the passage by Terra del Fuego, the South Sea Coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, the Isle of Guam, one of the Ladrones, Mindanao and other Philippine and East-India Islands near Cambodia, China, Formosa, Luconia, Celebes &c., New Holland, Sumatra, Nicobar Isles, the Cape of Good Hope, and Santa Hellena... [etc.]
Dampier, William (1652-1715)
1698
Indexed in: Wing D163.
Pauli Hentzneri, JC. Itinerarium Germaniae, Galliae, Angliae, Italiae : Huic libro accessére novâ hâc editione : I. Monita peregrinatoria duorum doctissimorum virorum : itemq[ue], II. incerti auctoris Epitome praecognitorum historicorum, antehac non edita
Hentzner, Paul (1558-1623); Gruber, Daniel; Plotius, Hugo
1629
Title page in red and black. "Dn. Danielis Gruberi Discursus de peregrinatione studiosorum": p. [47]-[102] at end; "Tabula peregrinationis continens capita politica per D. Hugonem Plotium...": p. [1...
Villare Anglicum, or, A view of all the cities, towns, and villages in England : alphabetically composed, so that naming any town or place, you may readily find in what shire, hundred, rape, wapentake, &c., it is in
Spelman, Sir Henry (1564?-1641); Speed, John (1552?-1629)
1678
Principally derived from the tables to the maps prepared by John Speed. Cf. Lowndes, p. 2474. In double columns. Advertisement on p. [461-464].