Research Catalog

Title

A complete system of general geography [electronic resource] : explaining The Nature and Properties of the Earth: viz. 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 over all the Globe; the Tides of the Sea; Bays, Capes, Islands, Rocks, Sand-Banks, and Shelves. The State of the Atmosphere; the Nature of Exhalations; 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 the Ways of Finding the Longitude at Sea. Originally written in Latin by Bernhard Varenius, M.D. Since improved and illustrated. By Sir Isaac Newton and Dr. Jurin; and now translated into English; with additional notes, Copper-Plates, an Alphabetical Index, and other Improvements. Particularly useful to Students in the Universities; Travellers, Sailor, and all those who desire to be acquainted with Mixed Mathematics, Geography, Astronomy, and Navigation. By Mr. Dugdale. The whole revised and corrected by Peter Shaw, M. D.

Author

Varenius, Bernhardus, 1622-1650.

Publication

London : printed for L. Hawes, W. Clarke, and R. Collins, at the Red-Lion, in Pater-Noster-Row, M.DCC.LXV. [1765]

Details

Additional Authors

Shaw, Peter, 1694-1763.

Description

2v.,plates : maps; 8⁰.

Uniform Title

Geographia generalis. English

Alternative Title

Geographia generalis.

Subject

• Geography > Early works to 1800

Note

• Reproduction of original from British Library.

Indexed In (note)

• English Short Title Catalog

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

• 642428126
• ECCO1-T142172

Author

Varenius, Bernhardus, 1622-1650.

Title

A complete system of general geography [electronic resource] : explaining The Nature and Properties of the Earth: viz. 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 over all the Globe; the Tides of the Sea; Bays, Capes, Islands, Rocks, Sand-Banks, and Shelves. The State of the Atmosphere; the Nature of Exhalations; 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 the Ways of Finding the Longitude at Sea. Originally written in Latin by Bernhard Varenius, M.D. Since improved and illustrated. By Sir Isaac Newton and Dr. Jurin; and now translated into English; with additional notes, Copper-Plates, an Alphabetical Index, and other Improvements. Particularly useful to Students in the Universities; Travellers, Sailor, and all those who desire to be acquainted with Mixed Mathematics, Geography, Astronomy, and Navigation. By Mr. Dugdale. The whole revised and corrected by Peter Shaw, M. D.

Imprint

London : printed for L. Hawes, W. Clarke, and R. Collins, at the Red-Lion, in Pater-Noster-Row, M.DCC.LXV. [1765]

Edition

The fourth edition, with large additions. In two volumes.

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Indexed In:

English Short Title Catalog, T142172.

Connect to:

Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

Shaw, Peter, 1694-1763.