A new description of the world, or, A compendious treatise of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, countries, islands, cities, and towns of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America in their scituation, product, manufactures, and commodities, geographical and historical : with an account of the natures of the people in their habits, customes, warrs, religions, and policies &c. : as also of the rarities, wonders, and curiosities of fishes, beasts, birds, rivers, mountains, plants, &c., with several remarkable revolutions and delightful histories / faithfully collected from the best authors by S. Clark.

Title

A new description of the world, or, A compendious treatise of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, countries, islands, cities, and towns of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America in their scituation, product, manufactures, and commodities, geographical and historical : with an account of the natures of the people in their habits, customes, warrs, religions, and policies &c. : as also of the rarities, wonders, and curiosities of fishes, beasts, birds, rivers, mountains, plants, &c., with several remarkable revolutions and delightful histories / faithfully collected from the best authors by S. Clark.

Author

Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682.

Publication

London :: Printed for Hen. Rhodes,

1689.

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Geography.

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Contents

• frontispiece
• title page
• license
• THE Introduction Addressed to the READER.
• Of EUROPE, a brief DESCRIPTION.
  • A Geographical AND Historical Description OF THE KINGDOM OF FRANCE, In its Particular Countries, Provinces, Ci∣ties, Towns, &c.
  • The Discription of the Kingdom of Spain, in its Provinces, &c.
  • A Description of the Kingdom of Portugal.
  • A Description of Italy, In its Kingdoms and Dominions, &c.
    • The Kingdom of Naples Described, &c.
    • The Papacy Described, &c.
    • The Seignorie or Common-wealth of Venice Described, &c:
    • The Discription of the Dukedom of Florence, or Tuscany.
    • The Dukedom of Milain Described, &c.
    • The Dutchy of Modena described.
    • A Description of the Dukedom or Princi∣pality of Parma.
    • A description of the Dukedom of Mantoua.
    • The Dukedom of Urbin described:
    • The Estate or Common Wealth of Genoa Described.
    • The State of Lucca Described.
    • The Dukedom of Lorrain Described.
    • The Dukedom of Savoy, and Country of Peimont Described, &c.
    • The Seignory of Geneva, and the Alps Described.
    • The Description of the County of Roussillon and Catalonia.
  • A Description of Belgium, or the Nei∣therland Provinces, &c.
    • Limburg.
    • Luxemburg.
    • Brabant.
    • Flanders.
  • A Description, particularly of the Low-Countries.
  • Germany, properly so call'd, Described in its Province and Principalitie.
    • The Upper Germany Described.
    • The Lower Germany Described, in its Provinces, Free-Towns, &c▪
  • Sweedland Described, in its Countryes and Provinces, &c.
  • A Description of Denmark, in its Coun∣tries, Provinces, &c.
  • A Discription of Norway.
  • A Description of Russia, comprehending the Dukedom of Muscovy.
  • A Description of Poland, &c.
  • A Description of the Kingdom of Hungary, &c.
  • The Description of Sclavonia.
  • A Description of Dacia, in its sundry Prin∣cipalities and Provinces, &c.
  • A Description of Greece, in its Kingdoms and Provinces, as Antiently it stood, &c.
• A Geographical and Historical Description OF ASIA.
  • Of Asia in General.
  • Asia Minor, or Anatolia, described, in its Kingdoms, and Provinces, &c.
  • The Kingdoms and Provinces of the greater Asia Described.
    • The Kingdom of Syria.
    • A Description of the Land of PALESTINE.
    • The three ARABIA'S Described, in their Countreys and Provinces.
    • A Description of Chaldaea, Assyria, and Mesopotamia, in their Countries and Provinces, &c. As also the Mountains Kingdoms, &c.
    • Turcomania described in its Pro∣vinces, &c.
    • Media and Persia described, in their respective Provinces, &c.
    • Persia Described.
    • Tartaria Described, in its Kingdoms and Provinces, &c.
    • A description of the Kingdom of China in its Provinces, &c.
    • East India described, in its Kingdoms and Provinces, &c.
    • India Extra Gangem.
• A Geographical and Historical Description OF AFRICA, In its Kingdoms and Pro∣vinces, &c.
  • A Description of Egypt, &c.
  • A Description of Barbary.
  • Lybia Interior Described, &c.
  • Aethiopia Superior described in its King∣doms and Provinces.
  • Aethiopia Inferior Described, in its King∣doms and Provinces, &c.
• A GEOGRAPHICAL AND Historical Description OF AMERICA, In its Kingdoms and Pro∣vinces, &c.
  • Estotiland, and its Regions described.
    • Canada, or Nova Francia, Descri∣bed, &c.
  • A Description of the Peruanian Province, or the Second De∣vision of America.
• A Description of the Islands of Europe, and their various Scituations in their sundry Seas, &c.
  • Great Britain Described.
    • England, described, &c.
  • A Description of the Isle of Creet, and other Islands.
  • The Islands in the Ionian Sea described, &c.
  • Of the Adriatick Sea, and the Islands therein.
  • The Mediterranean Sea Considered, toge∣ther with the Islands therein.
  • The Islands of Africa Described.
  • The American Islands, &c.