three These three last Streights joyn the North and South Seas together and serve for a passage from one to the other Between Califurnia and new Mexico there is a Gut of Sea or Streights which is called the Vermeillian Sea and was taken for a Bay before that Califurnia was discovered to be an Island We must not omit a Sea that is separated from all others and which indeed is but a Lake of a vast extent and that is the Caspian Sea called at present the Sea of Bachu or Kilan The Ancients imagined it to have been a Bay or Gulf of the North Sea but it is now known to be on all sides encompassed with Land it hath Persia to the South and Tartary to the North of it In some Relations it is reckoned to be eight hundred Leagues in Circumference Let us now give a hint of the greatest Rivers in the World beginning with those that fall into the Ocean on all sides of our Continent or old World In Europe are the River Tagus the Garronne the Loyre the Sein the Scheld the Rhine and the Elbe In Asia the Oby the yellow and blue Rivers Ganges and Indus In Africa Cuama the River de Spiritu Sancto the Zaire and the Niger In America the Rivers of St. Laurence Oranoque the Amazons and Rio de la Plata Into the Mediterranean Sea on the side of Europe fall the Ebre the Rhosne and the Tiber into the Gulf of Venice the Po into the Euxin Sea the Danube and the Borysthenes now called Nieper and the River Tanais runs into the Palus Meotis On the African Shore the Mediterranean receives no famous River but the Nile In Asia Euphrates and Tygris having mingled their streams fall into the Persian Gulf and the Volga into the Caspian The Oder and the Weissel or Vistula discharge themselves into the Baltick and the Duina into the White Sea We shall not speak of the chief Lakes till we come to describe the particular Regions wherein they are But we will here subjoyn the most noted Mountains of the World such as in Europe are the Pyrenees the Alps and Appenine-Hills In Asia Taurus Caucasus and Imaus in Africa Atlas and the Mountains of the Moon and in America the Cordilleras or Andes The Islands we shall describe as we come to the several parts of the Earth near to which they lie Thus Reader you have a general description of the whole Earth and Seas that environs it or fall into its bosom We must now descend to a more particular Description and shall begin with that of Europe CHAP. III. Europe EUROPE SPAINE EVROPE whereof we have already mentioned the limits is the smallest but most considerable for Learning and Arts of the four parts of the World it comprehends the following Kingdoms and Regions Spain France Italy the Low Countries Germany Hungary Transilvania Moldavia Walachia Bessarabia Dalmatia Bosnia Servia Bulgaria Romania Greece Norway Denmarke Sweden Poland Prussia Lithuania Livonia or Liefland Muscovy and the lesser Tartary It s chief Islands in the Ocean are Great-Britain Ireland the Orcades and Hebrides Iseland and the Azores In the Mediterranean Sea Majorca Minorca and Yvica the Isle of Elbe Corsica Sardinia Sicily Candia Negropont and many more in the Archipelago We shall speak of its Rivers Lakes and Mountains when we treat of the Regions wherein they are CHAP. IV. Spain SPAIN is surrounded by Seas on three sides on the East and South it is watered with the Mediterranean and the Famous Streights of Gibraltar divide it from Africa to the West it hath the Atlantick Ocean and to the North partly the Cantabrick Ocean or Bay of Biscay and partly the Pyrenean Mountains that reach from the Mediterranean to the Ocean and divide it from France most part of its Provinces are honoured with the Title of Kingdoms On the Mediterranean are Catalonia of which the Metropolis is Barcelonna a large City with a Sea-Port the other Towns are Terragonna an Archbishoprick Tortose Gironne Lerde or Lerida The Kingdom of Valencia with a Metropolis of the same name and Alicant the Country about which produces the best Wines in Spain The Kingdom of Murcia the chief City whereof carries the same name In this Province stands Carthagena a very good Sea-Port The Kingdom of Granada that hath its name from its Metropolis lies to the West of that and hath the Cities of Malaga and Almeria Andalusia is partly on the Mediterranean and Streights of Gibraltar and partly on the Ocean It s chief City is Seville one of the loveliest Towns in the World seated on the Guadalquivir It s other Towns are Cordova the Native place of Seneca and Lucan Xeres from whence our Sherries come Saint Lucar and the Famous Port of Cadez or Cales which stands in a small Island of that name very near to the Main on its East side The Provinces washed by the Ocean are The Kingdom of Algarve its Cities are Sylvis and El Fare The Kingdom of Portugal anciently called Lusitania which hath Lisbon a large fair City and Arch-bishoprick for its Capital the other chief Cities thereof are Braga an Arch-bishops See Evora and Conimbre a Famous University this is now and for many Ages hath been subject to a King of its own independent of Spain The Kingdom of Galicia hath Compostella where the Body of St. James is for its Metropolis and Corunna a good Sea-Port this is the North-West corner of Spain Asturia whereof Oviedo is the Metropolis lies to the East of Galicia fronting the Bay of Biscay and yet more Easterly on the same Coast lies Biscay whereof the chief City is Bilboe And to this is adjoyned Guipuscoa whereof Tolose or Tolosette is the Capital City it s other Cities are St. Sebastian which hath a good Port and Fontarabie At the foot of the Pyrenees are the Kingdoms of Navarre and Arragon Pampelonna is the Metropolis of the Kingdom of Navarre it s other Cities are Victoria and Estella Sarragossa is the Capital City of the Kingdom of Arragon and a University the others are Huesca Alharazin Calatayud which some take for the ancient Bilbilis the Native Town of the Poet Martial In the heart of Spain are Leon the two Castilles the old and new and Estremadura The Metropolis of the Kingdom of Leon bears the same name Astorga and Semora are its other Cities Bourgos an Archbishops seat is the Capital City of old Castille it s other chief Towns are Valladolid where some Kings of Spain have kept their Courts Palenca Salamanca a famous University Numance that heretofore resisted the Roman Forces so long was in this Province but there remains no Footstep of it at present Toledo is the Metropolis of new Castille and the Archbishop of it is Primate of all Spain it is a stately and large City The other chief Towns of that Province are Madrid the usual Residence of the Kings of Spain and five Leagues West from that the famous Monastery of St. Laurence called the
Sintra 38 4 9 1 Casoales 38 3 9 1 Atalaia 39 1 10 3 Santarem 39 0 10 2 Almerin 39 0 10 3 Obedes 39 1 9 4 Berleng Island 39 1 9 1 Rock of Lisbon 38 3 9 1 Cape de Spiehel 38 1 9 3 In the Province of Alentejo Evora 38 0 11 1 Elvas 38 2 11 5 Portalegro 39 0 11 5 Villa Vicosa 38 2 11 4 Beja or Bexa 37 3 10 5 Olivenza 38 1 11 5 Montalva 39 1 11 5 Estramoz 38 2 11 2 Avis 38 4 11 1 Aliastiel 37 2 10 3 St. Jago de Cacem 37 3 10 0 In the Kingdom of Algarve Silves 36 5 10 2 Lagos 36 3 10 0 Fare 36 3 10 4 Tavila 36 4 11 0 Cape St. Vincent 36 3 9 4 CHAP. V. France FRANCE is bounded on the East by Italy from which it is divided by the River Var and the Alpes by Savoy Switzerland the Franche Comte Germany and the Low-Countries which are likewise to the North of it with the Channel or Narrow Sea that divides it from England on the West by the Ocean and on the South by the Pyrenean Hills and the Mediterranean We shall first describe its Provinces that are washed by the Ocean proceeding from North to South Pieardie hath Amiens for its Capital City the other more considerable Towns are Abbeville Perone Roye Corbie St. Quintin Calais and Boulogne which two are Sea-Ports Soissons Laon Beauvais Montrueil Dourlans Crecy where Philip de Valois lost a Battel to the English Guise and Rhetel Normandy hath Rouen its Capital it s other principal Towns are Eureux Bayeux Caen Diepe Constance Auranche and Havre de Grace Bretagne whereof Rennes is the Capital City Nantes Vannes S. Malo Beauport Lantriguier Brest and Blavet are its other Towns Poictou contains Poictiers its chief Towns Luson Maillezais Niord Fontenay Chastelleraud Rochel is in the Aulnis Xaintonge hath for its Capital Xaintes where some Roman Antiquities are still to be seen it s other Towns are Blay and St. John d' Angeli Guienne hath Bourdeaux upon the Garonne for its principal City at the mouth of that River stands the Tower of Cordouan a stately building and serves for a Sea Mark to Ships Under the name of Guienne several Countries are comprehended as the Agenois where are Agea Marmande Clairae the Condomois where are Condom and Nerac The County D' Armagnac where are Auch and Lectoure the County of Cominges where are Bertrand Coserans and Lombez the other Towns of Guienne are Bazas Ayres Acqs and Bayonne FRANCE The Basse Navarre lies at the foot of the Pyrenees its chief Towns are Palais and St. John de Pied de Port. The Principality of Bern is likewise at the foot of these Mountains its Capital is Pau and the other Towns of any note are Oleron and Lescar Bigorre hath Tarbes for its Capital Bagueres is likewise considerable there because of its hot Baths from whence it has its name The County of Foix lies at the foot of the same Mountains besides its chief Town of the same name it hath the Town of Pamies The County of Roussillon taken from the Spaniard has the same Situation and Perpignan is its Capital Languedoc comes next and stretches along the Mediterranean which it hath to the South being bounded on the North by the Mountains of Anvergue The Rhosne divides it from Provence and Dauphine on the East and Guienne borders on it to the West its Capital City is Tholonze Montpelier is the next the Bishops seat was at Maguelonne which is now ruined nothing remaining but two Churches It stood in an Isle in the middle of a Pool or Lake which hath Communication with the Sea This is that Town which Ptolomy calls Agatha and which some Geographers take for Agde but that Authors calls this last Agathopolis near the Eraut which removes all doubt besides that he calls Agatha an Isle and City Now there never was any City in an Isle upon that Coast except Maguelonne alone which changed its name with the Fate and Wrack of the Roman Empire It is somewhat strange that the greatest Geographers should have been ignorant of this which is so easie to be perceived by any that will consider Ptolomy and the Situation of that Country I make this remark in favour of Montpellier which is enlarged by the Ruins of Maguelonne enriched with its spoils and adorned with its Bishoprick which was transferred thither by Pope Paul the third in the Reign of Francis the first the Year one thousand five hundred and thirty six The other Towns of Languedoc are Narbonne an ancient Roman Colony as well as Nismes which by its stately Antiquities still shews what was heretofore the splendor of that place There is an Amphitheatre the most entire of any that is to be seen of that kind in the World a Royal Palace and some other magnificent Reliques of the Roman Age. Four Leagues from this City is a stately Aqueduct which is called the Pont du Guard because it is upon a River of that name Carcasson Besiers Agde Viviers and Beaucaire famous for the Fair of Magdalent are the other Towns of this Province which is one of the pleasantest in France Provence is divided from Languedoc that lies to the West of it by the Rhosne and from the County of Nice which it hath to the East by the Var and from Piemont by the Alpes it hath the Mediterranean to the South and Dauphine to the North its chief Towns are Aix its Capital Marseilles Arles Frejul Thoulon one of the best Sea-Ports in France Hieres and some others St. Maximin preserves the Body of Mary Magdalen The County of Venaissen that belongs to the Pope is shut in within the limits of this Province its Towns are Avignon Carpentras Cavaillon and Vaison The Principality of Orange belonging to the Princes of the House of Nassaw who from thence have their Title is inlocked within the County of Venaissin There is no considerable Town in it but that of Orange where are the Ruins of an Amphitheater and a Triumphal Arch of Marius Dauphine which is divided from Languedoc by the Rhosne and from Piemont by the Alpes contains these principal Towns following Grenoble its Capital and Ambrun this upon the Durance and that upon the Isere Vienna and Valence upon the Rhosne both very ancient The Lyonnois is to the North of Dauphine and Lions one of the greatest and fairest Cities of France is its Capital it 's situated on a point where the Saone mingles its still and gentle waters with the rapid streams of the Rhosne it hath no other Towns of great note Bresse is to the North of the Lyonnois it s chief Towns are Bourg in Bresse Montluel Pont de Vaux and St. Julian The Principality of Dombes which belongs to Madamoiselle of Montpensier Cousin German to the King of France is inclosed within Bresse the chief Town of it is Trevoulx The Dutchy of Burgundy lies Northward from the
sweet Country and proceeding from West to East Having passed the Var we come into the County of Nice wherein is a City of the same name and that of Villa Franca Monaco which belongs to its own Prince the Marquisat of Final with a Town of the same name The Riviera de Genoa wherein are the Metropolis of Genoa which is called in Italian La Superba the Stately and is one of the most beautiful Towns in Italy Savona Albenga and some others Tuscany is separated from the Riviera de Genoa by La Macra it reaches to the Campania of Rome on the East and has that Sea which carries its name on the South and the Apennines on the North. The Duke of Florence who takes the Title of great Duke of Tuscany is Master of the greatest part of it The chief Towns in his Territories are Florence the Capital City Pisa Siena Volterra Pistoia and Legorn a Sea-Port Town The small State of the Republick of Lucca the Principality of Massa and the Stato delli Presidi in which are the Towns Orbitello Porto Hercole and Piombino that belong to the King of Spain are in Tuscany as also the Dutchy of Castro which belongs to the Duke of Parma having a Town of the same name and the Patrimony of St Peter wherein are Viterbo Montefiascone and some others Aquapendente Peruga near a Lake that bears its name Orvieta and Civita Vecchia a fair Port where the Pope keeps his Gallies are likewise in Tuscany The Campania of Rome in ancient times called Latium hath to the East La Terra d' Lavoro of the Kingdom of Naples to the South the Sea to the West Tuscany from which it is separated by the Tibre and to the North Abruzzo its Capital City is Rome so famous that none can compare with it heretofore it gave Laws to the whole World almost and at present extends its power farther than ever seeing the Popes exercise their Authority in America where the Consuls and Emperors of Rome were never known There are many prints of its ancient splendor still extant as the Pantheon which goes by the name of Santa Maria Rotunda the Pillars of Trajan and Antonin Amphitheaters Baths Aqueducts and many other stately remains of Antiquity which by their Ruins publish the Roman Magnificence and Grandeur it stands upon the Tiber at the mouth of which River is the Town of Ostia The other Towns of the Campania of Rome are Tivoli formerly Tybur where are excellent Waters Avagnia Palestrine which is the ancient Preneste Veletri heretofore Velitrae where Augustus was born Terracine and some others The Kingdom of Naples is bounded on the West by the State of the Church and on all other sides by the Sea to wit the Sea of Tuscany on the South that of Ionia on the East and the Gulf of Venice on the North it is divided into several Provinces on the Tuscan Sea are Terra di Lavoro of which Naples is the Capital City that hath a good Port the others are Capoua Pussoli Cajette and Baiae that is ruined The Principality wherein Salerne is Calabria that contains Cosenca and Regio The Basilicate and Principality of Tarento lie on the Ionian Sea and on the Gulf of Venice the Country of Otranto that has a Town of the same name and the Land of Bari in which are Bari and Brindisi Apulia wherein is Manfredonia Abruzzo whereof the Capital Town is Aquila And in that Province also is the Dutchy of Benevento that belongs to the Church The Mark of Ancona lies likewise on the Gulf of Venice in which is a Town of the same name and that of our Lady of Loretto that is much frequented upon the account of Devotion Next after comes Romania its Capital City is Ravenna and the others are Faensa Forli and Imola The Boulognois has Bononia for its Capital which is one of the fairest Cities of Italy The Dutchy of Ferrara with its Metropolis of the same name is Situated on the Po. The Dutchy of Venice wherein is comprehended that delicate City built upon Piles in the Sea Frioli where are Vdena and the Ruins of Aquilea Istria which belongs partly to the Venetians and partly to the Archdukes of Austria bounds Italy on that side the chief Towns of it are Cabo d' Istria Tergeste Parentia and Pola The Marque or Mark Trevisane hath Trevisa Verona and Vicensa The Bishoprick of Trent stretches along the Alpes and its chief City is famous for the last Council held there the Bishoprick of Bellona is in the same Province also The Dutchy of Milan hath the Alpes on the North Piemont on the West Parma on the South and the Venetian State on the East Milan its Capital is one of the greatest Towns of Europe and its Castle one of the best Fortresses in the same Province are also Pavia Cremona Novarra Lodi Como and Vigevano The Metropolis of Piemont is Turin on the Po a lovely City where the Dukes of Savoy keep their Court Pignerol a strong place belonging to France is in the same Province Carmagnole is the chief Town of the Marquisat of Saluces as Casal is in Montferrat The Dutchies of Parma Placentia Modena and Regio have their Capital Cities of the same names The Dutchy of Mantua hath likewise a City of the same name built in the middle of a Lake on the River Mince These Dutchies that we have now named lie in that part of Italy which the Romans called Gallia Cisalpina because the Gaules were planted there and that as to them it was on this side of the Alpes it was afterwards called Lombardy from the Lombards that Conquered it which name it still retains it is on the South shut up by the Apennine Hills the Alpes on the North and West and by the Gulf of Venice and the River Pisaura or Foglia on the East A great part of the Venetian State lies in that Region as Crema a strong Town Bergamo with its Territory and Eresse or Brescia wirh its Dependances The Dutchy of Spoleto and that of St. Vrbin which belongs to the Holy See have each of them a Capital Town of the same name and are Situated upon the Apennine Mountains in the Center of Italy In the first is the Town of Assise where St. Francis was born within the second is enclosed the little Republick of St. Marin under the Protection of the Pope The chief Rivers of Italy that fall into the Mediterranean are the Var which runs through the County of Nice and divides it from Provence the Magra which divides Liguria called Riviera di Genoa from Tuscany the Arne that passes by Florence and Pisa the Tiber that runs by Rome and is augmented by Teverone and Chiara the Garigliano heretofore Liris and the Vulturno Into the Gulf of Venice fall Lofanto Pescara and Tronto which are in the Kingdom of Naples the Foglia that is is in the Mark of Ancona Rubicon at present Pisatello that heretofore divided Gallia Cisalpina
Dukedom of Luxembourg Thionville 49 3 27 4 Montmedy 49 3 26 5 Marville 49 3 27 0 In the Spanish Flanders Newport 51 2 24 0 Dixmude 51 1 24 0 Ostend 51 2 24 1 Bruges 51 2 24 2 Courtray 50 5 24 3 Gaunt 51 1 25 0 Damm 51 2 24 2 Blaukemburg 51 3 24 2 Dendermond 51 1 25 3 Rupelmond 51 2 25 3 Alost 51 0 25 3 Oudenard 51 0 25 0 In Brabant Brussels 50 5 25 4 Vilvorden 51 0 25 5 Malines or Mechlin 51 1 25 5 Antwerp 51 2 25 4 Lovain 51 0 26 0 Nivelle 50 4 25 4 Gemblours 50 4 26 0 Judoign 50 4 26 2 Tillemont 50 5 26 2 Lewe 51 0 26 3 Deist 51 1 26 2 Arscott 51 1 26 1 Herentals 51 2 26 2 Lire 51 2 26 0 In Hannault Hall 50 5 25 4 Enghien 50 5 25 2 Brain le Comte 50 4 25 3 Mons 50 3 25 2 St. Guislain 50 3 25 1 Binch 50 3 25 3 At h 50 5 25 1 Ligue 50 4 25 0 In Namour Namour 50 3 26 2 Bovines 50 2 26 1 Charleroy 50 3 25 5 In the Dutchy of Limburg Limburg 50 4 27 3 Mastrickt 51 0 27 1 In the Dutchy of Luxembourg Luxembourg 49 4 27 4 Arlon 49 5 27 2 Newchâtel 49 5 26 5 Marche 50 2 26 5 La Roche 50 2 27 1 Bastoygne 50 0 27 2 In the Country of Leige Leige 50 4 27 0 Huy 50 4 26 4 Dinant 50 2 26 2 St. Hubert 50 1 26 5 St. Truyen 50 5 26 3 Tongres 50 5 26 5 Visett 50 5 27 1 Hassalt 51 0 26 4 Maseyck 51 1 27 1 In the Estates of the United Provinces in Flanders Cadsant 51 3 24 4 Hulste 51 2 25 2 Sas de Gaunt 51 2 25 0 Lillo 51 3 25 3 Sluce 51 2 24 4 In Brabant Bergen op Zoam 51 3 25 3 Breda 51 4 26 0 Bois le duc 51 4 26 3 Ravestein 51 5 26 5 Grave 51 5 27 0 In Zeeland Middlebourg 51 3½ 24 5 Flussing 51 3 24 5 Helveet sluce 51 5 25 2 Brewers haven 51 4 25 0 Brille 52 0 25 1 Tolen 51 4 25 2 Somerdike 51 5 25 2 Goree 51 5 25 1 In the Earldom of Holland Amsterdam 52 3 26 0 Harlem 52 3 25 4 Leyden 52 1 25 4 Hague 52 1 25 2 Delft 52 0½ 25 2 Rotterdam 52 0 25 4 Dort 51 5 25 5 Gouda 52 1 25 5 Gorcum 51 5 26 1 Heusden 51 5 26 2 Gertrudenburg 51 4 26 0 Muyden 52 2 26 1 Narden 52 2 26 3 In North Holland  Lat. Long. Alkmaer 52 5 25 5 Medenblick 52 5 26 2 Eukhusen 52 5 26 3 Horn 52 5 26 1 Edam 52 4 26 1 Monikidam 52 3½ 26 1 In West-Friesland Lewarden 53 2 27 0 Dockum 53 3 27 1 Staveren 53 1 26 4 Harlingen 53 2 26 4 Franiker 53 2 26 5 Bolsvart 53 1½ 26 5 In the Lordship of Croningen Groningen 53 2 27 5 Damm 53 3 28 0 Delfzeil 53 3 28 1 In the Lordship of Vtrecht Vtrecht 52 1 26 2 Amersfort 52 2 26 4 In the Province of Over-Issel Deventer 52 3 27 3 Zowll 52 4½ 27 2 Campen 52 4 27 1 Cowerden 53 0 28 0 Oldenzeel 52 3 28 2 Steenwick 53 0 27 2 Meppel 52 5 27 3 In the Dutchy of Gueldres Harderwick 52 3 26 5 Hattem 52 4 27 1 Arnheim 52 0½ 27 0 Seenksconse 51 5½ 27 2 Bommel 51 5 26 3 Tiel 51 5½ 26 4 Nimeguen 52 0 27 0 Grave 51 5 27 0 Gueldres 51 3 27 4 Venlo 51 2 27 3 Genep 51 5 27 1 In the Earldom of Zutphen Zutphen 52 2 27 3 Doesburg 52 1 27 3 Borkelo 52 2 28 0 Groll 52 1 28 0 Brefort 52 0 27 5 Iselbourg 51 5 27 5 The Islands adjoyning The Texel 53 1½ 26 0 The Vlie 53 3 26 1 Schelling 53 3½ 26 3 Ameland 53 4 27 0 CHAP. VIII Germany GErmany has on the East side Prussia Poland and Hungary the Baltick Sea Denmark and Ocean on the North on the West the Low-Countries and France and the Alps which divide it from Italy on the South On the Baltick Sea are Pomerania whereof Stetin is the Capital City and Gripsuald and Colberg two others The Dutchy of Meckelbourg whereof the chief City is Swerin GERMANY Upon the Ocean are the Dutchy of Holsace or Holstein in which are Hambourg and Lubeck The County of Emden called otherways East-Friesland to distinguish it from that whereof we spoke in the Low-Countries its chief Town carries also the name of Emden it has likewise another Town called Aurich Along the Rhine upwards lies Westphalia whereof the most remarkable Towns are Munster Paderborne Soest Breme Oldembourg the Capital of a County of the same name The Diocesses of Cologne Mayence and Treves with their Metropolitan Cities of the same name the Palatinate of the Rhine whereof Heidelberg is the Capital City the Dutchy of Baden the Diocesses of Worms and Spire High and Low Alsace Strasbourg is the chief City of this and Brisac and Fribourg are the chief Towns of the other which is one of the last Conquests of France At the head of the Rhine and in the Alps are the Swisses divided into thirteen Cantons Zurich Berne Lucerne Basle Schaffhouzen Fribourg Zug Glaris Switz Appeuzel Soleurre Vnderwald and Vri this last hath no Towns but Altorf is its chief Burrough all the other Cantons have their names from their Capital Cities and from that of Switz the people are called Switzers and the Country Switzerland The Country of Valois lies along the Rhosne and its chief City is Syon the Bishop whereof is a Temporal Lord. The Grisons are united with the Swisses and Coire is their Capital City Along the Danube are Suabia which comprehends the Dutchy of Wittemberg the chief Towns whereof are Tubinge and Stutgard in Suabia properly so called are Ausbourg Vlme and Nordlingen The Dutchy of Bavaria whereof the Capital is Munich the other Cities are Saltsbourg Ratisbonne and Ingolstat and in the Palatinat of Bavaria Amberg its Capital and Nuremberg an Imperial City The Arch-Dutchy of Austria is to the East of Bavaria its Metropolis is Vienna the usual Residence of the Emperor The County of Tirol is to the South of Bavaria it hath a City of the same name but Inspruck is the Capital thereof Stiria hath Grats Carinthia hath St. Veit and Villach and Carniola Laubach for its Capital these Provinces as well as the County of Tirol belong to the Arch-Dukes of Austria and lie Southward of that Arch-Dutchy Then going from South to North beyond Austria lie Moravia with Olmutz its Capital City Silesia that hath Vratslavia commonly called Breslau for its Metropolis The Marquisat of Brandenbourg divided into two Marches the ancient in which is Brandenbourg and the new wherein is Francfort upon the Oder which are their Capitals but the Residence of their Prince is commonly at Berlin Saxony is in the heart of Germany
46 2 Medwish 47 2 47 4 Stephunople 47 1 49 1 Vasarl el 47 3 49 2 Czyck 47 4 48 4 Kisdy 47 3 48 0 Newmark 47 3 47 2 Torda 47 2 46 5 Dees 43 3 46 2 Chiche 47 4 46 1 Zatmurbania 48 0 46 0 Rodna 48 0 46 2 Tekendorph 47 4 46 5 Rothmburn 46 4 48 2 Moldavia Soczowa 47 3 50 3 Targored 46 5 50 3 Jassy 47 3 51 5 Sereth 46 5 50 0 Pudna 45 3 51 1 Burlach 46 2 51 4 Walachia Orano 45 0 47 0 Zelatna 45 3 47 5 Tarvis 45 5 49 4 Ermistat 45 0 50 1 Braislaw 46 3 49 3 Bessarabia Tekyn 47 4 54 1 Bicelegrod 47 3 56 3 Kilia Nova 46 0 55 2 Kiliastry 46 4 55 4 Tartars upon the mouth of the Nieper     Gracow     Kudack     Stirlnicza     Crim Tartars neer the Lake Maeotis or Petlt Tartary     Tartaria Precop Capha Turk 47 1 64 4 Basiesara 47 5 63 5 Strayt or Precop 49 0 63 3 Kerci 47 5 66 5 Azow or Asack Turkish 51 2 73 0 CHAP. XII Sclavonia Bosnia Servia Bulgaria and Romania LIburnia and Dalmatia are but a part of that which was anciently called Illirium and since Sclavonia from the Sclavonians that seated themselves there it comprehended besides Croatia Stiria Carinthia Carniola and many other Provinces bordering on the Danube and Adriatick Sea Dalmatia hath to the West Istria to the North Croatia to the East Albania and to the South the Gulf of Venice the most remarkable Towns of it are Zara Sebenieo Spalatro which belong to the Venetians and Raguza which is taken for the ancient Epidaurus and is a small Republick Tributary to the Turk The Capital City of Croatia is Gradischia of Bosnia Belgrade Servia hath Semandria and Bulgaria Sophia for its Capital these two Provinces are the ancient Moesia Romania heretofore called Thrace hath Constantinople for its Metropolis it was anciently called Bizantium and was the Seat of the Grecian Emperors as it is at present of the Ottoman it is Situated on the Bosphorus of Thrace called now the Channel of the Black Sea and is one of the fairest and largest Cities in the World The stately remains of the Church of St. Sophia built by Justinian and now converted into a Mosque are to be seen there with the Seraglio which is the Palace of the Grand Seignior and one of the fairest in the World The other Cities of that Country are Adrianople Philippopoli Philippi Trajanopoli Gallipoli and Sestos on the Hellespont opposite to Abidos in Asia where are two Castles called the Dardanelli which defend the passage to the Sea of Marmora and Constantinople CHAP. XIII Greece UNDER the name of Greece were anciently comprehended Macedonia Epirus Thessaly Phocis Baeotia Achaia Peloponesus and some other Provinces which have now lost both names and their limits they are environed by the Egean Sea or Archipelago on the East by the Cretan or Sea of Candy on the South by the Ionian and Adriatick Seas on the West and Maesia on the North. The chief Towns of Macedonia are Salonichi heretofore Thessalonica Pella famous for the birth of Alexander and Stagira for that of Aristotle Mount Athos now called Monte-Santo and the River Strimon are in this Province Croia is the Capital of Albania heretofore called Epirus it s other Towns are Durazzo La Valona and Scutari The Cities of Thessaly are Larissa and Pharsalia whose Fields were dyed with the Roman blood in that famous Battel wherein Caesar overcame Pompey there is the River Peneus and the Valley of Tempe the Mounts Olympus Ossa and Pelion so Celebrated in the Writings of the ancient Poets Phocis had in ancient times the City of Delphos with the Temple of Apollo renowned for its Oracle all the World over there you may see the Mount Parnassus heretofore Sacred to the Muses and so Celebrated by the Poets now inhabited by nothing but ignorance and Barbarism Thebes was the Capital of Baeotia where Bacchus Hercules and Pindaer were born Attica was the chief Province of Achaia and in it was Athens the Nursery of many great Men it was the Residence of the Learned and the Heroes there remain in it now but some pitiful ruinous places which are called Setines Megara Eleusis and some others Pelopenesus called at present Morea is almost and Island joyned to Achaia by a Neck of Land which was called the Isthmus of Corinth from the adjoyning City of that name the other Towns were Mycene Argos Sycione Pisa where the Olympick Games were Celebrated and where that famous Statue of Jupiter Olympus stood which was reckoned one of the seven wonders of the World Sparta or Lacedaemon all Famous and Learned Cities but now buried under their own Ruins and Barbarity as all Greece is which though heretofore the School of the Liberal Arts and Sciences is now plunged into an abyss of ignorance and groans under the Tyranny of the Turks These follow the Religion of their Prophet Mahomet and the Native Greeks that of the Greek Church A Table of the Longitudes and Latitudes of the principal places of Turky in Europe In Bosnia  Lat. Long. Saraio 44 4 42 4 Jaicza 44 4 41 4 Bagnialuo 44 0 42 2 Ternovzza 44 2 43 2 In Servia Pristina 43 2 44 1 Novibazur 43 2 46 5 Drin 43 3 45 0 Semandrie 44 2 47 4 In Bulgaria Nizza 43 4 47 3 Guistadile 44 0 48 2 Viddin 44 5 47 4 Nigeboli 44 0 51 3 Vzckub 43 0 48 0 Sosie 43 0 50 3 Haresgred 44 0 50 2 Axiopoli 45 0 51 2 Silistra 43 3 50 3 In Romania Constantinople or Stamboli 43 0 56 2 Chiorkick 43 0 55 0 Gallipoli 41 4 55 4 Adrianople 43 1 53 0 Eschibaba 44 1 53 2 Trajanople 42 3 53 2 Nicopoli 42 2 51 2 Kirkliss 43 3 50 4 Caridio 41 3 55 0 Mesembria 44 4 54 4 Sost 41 1 55 2 Varna 45 0 54 4 Tomi 45 4 55 0 Silistria 45 2 52 3 Zelmi 44 4 52 2 Asperosa 41 4 52 2 In Macedonia Phillippi 41 4 51 5 Cavula 41 5 50 4 Strimon 42 2 50 2 Heraclia 42 2 40 2 Middle of Mont Sabo or Mont Athos 41 0 52 0 Cassandria 50 4 50 1 Saelonichi 41 2 49 0 Veria 41 0 48 0 Contessa 41 3 51 2 Acomania 40 4 50 1 In Thessaly Larissa 39 3 48 4 Armiro 38 5 49 2 Tricca 39 1 47 5 In Achia I. Negropont 38 1 51 0 Corone 38 0 50 0 Stives or old Thebes 38 0 50 0 Marathron 37 4 50 5 Setines or Athens 37 1 50 4 Megara 37 2 49 3 Solona or Delph 37 5 48 2 Lepanto 37 3 47 5 In Morea or Peloponesis Patras 37 0 47 4 Coranio     Pylos 36 3 47 0 Sangaenico 36 1 47 4 Arcadia 35 2 47 3 Coron 35 0 49 1 Modon 34 5 48 2 In