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Brotherton Collection31
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Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society3
English Literature2
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections2
Herbert Read Collection2
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society2
Leeds Russian Archive2
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse1
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geography224
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religion10
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America11
Africa10
Great Britain6
Europe3
Asia2
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Moreri, Louis (1643-1680)13
Fry, Caroline (1787-1846)9
Varenius, Bernhardus (1622-1650)8
Jurin, James7
Jurin, James (1684-1750)7
Vosgien (1709-1765)7
Chen, Qingxie6
Echard, Laurence (1670?-1730)6
Huo, Minggao6
Lu, Zechang6

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Archive File

Description géographique de l'Europe

17--

Comprises an eighteenth-century geographical description of Europe

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The gazetteer's: or newsman's interpreter : being a geographical index of all the considerable provinces, cities... &c in Europe (v.1-2)

Echard, Laurence (1670?-1730)

1731-1732

Part 1 is 13th edition, corrected and very much enlarged; part 2 is 6th edition, corrected.

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A universal gazetteer : or, geographical dictionary of the world. Founded on the works of Brookes and Walker

Landmann, George

1835

With the addition of several thousand names not to be found in any other works, the latitude and longitude throughout, and the relative distances most carefully examined.

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