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A31608	Compendium geographicum, or, A more exact, plain, and easie introduction into all geography ... after the latest discoveries, or alterations, very useful, especially for young noblemen and gentlemen, the like not printed in English / by Peregrin Clifford Chamberlayne ...	Chamberlayne, Peregrine Clifford.	1682 (1682)	Wing C1861_VARIANT; ESTC R36299	48,706	158

generally known by the name of Western Ocean Atlantis Insula the ancient name of America Atlas a Mountain in Africk at present called Claros Augusta Trinobunrum at first called New Troy as is thought and now London Ausonia Italy heretofore so called B BAetica an ancient Country in the South part of Spain Boetis a River called at present Guadalquivir Belgia the Low Countries in Europe Boris●henes a River now more commonly called Nieper Brigantes a People in the North of England Britains the ancient Inhabitants of England Brutium an ancient Country in the Kingdom of Naples Byzantium the ancient name of Constantinople C CAledonia the North part of Great Britain now Scotland Campania a Country in the Kingdom of Naples Cantij a People in that part of Britain called at present Kent Carpathian Hills now known by the name of Crapack Caspian Sea a great Lake in Asia which now goes under the names of Kilan or Sala Caucasus the name of some Hills in Asia See the following Table Ceraunius or Taurus Mountains in Asia See Taurus in the other Table Chaldea the name of an ancient Country within the bounds of Turky in Asia Chaonia or Epirus now called Canina a Country in Greece Cilicia an ancient Country now part of Turky in Asia Cimbri a People that inhabited heretofore Denmark Cimbrick Chersonesus Jutland Codanonia at present the Isle of Zeland Colchos a little Country anciently so called in Georgia near the Pontus Euxinus Corinth See the following Table Creet now Candy an Island in the Mediterranean Sea Cythera the ancient name for the Isle of Cerigo D DAcia subdivided into Transilvania Walachia aud Moldavia Dama'cus a Town in Turky in Asia Danube or Ister a River in Europe now more generally known by the name of Danow E EPirus or Chaonia now called Canina a Country in Greece Euboea the Isle of Negropont near Greece Euphrates a River in Asia See the other Table Euripus the Straights of Negropont F FOrtunate Islands the Canary Islands towards Africk G GAllia Belgica the North part of of France Gallia Celtica the Middle and North-West part of France Gallia Cispadana part of Lombardy Gallia Narbonensis towards the South-East side of France Gallia Transpadana part of Lombardy Ganges a River in Asia See the following Table Gaule the Kingdom of France Greece See the following Table H HEsperia Italy called so heretofore also Spain Hesperian Isles the Islands of Cape Verd. Hetruria a Country in Italy now Tuscany Hibernia otherwise Iverna or Ierna at this day it is called Ireland Hispania the Kingdom of Spain I IAxartes the River Ardock or Alsagsh Iberia and not seldom Hesperia both ancient names of Spain Iberus the River Ebro Ierna or Iverna Eryn or Ireland Jerusalem a Town in Judaea so called to this day by us but otherwise by the Turks who are Masters of it Illyricum a Country towards the Adriatick Sea now part of Turky in Europe Imaus See the following Table Indus a River known at present by the name of Sind Ister or Danube now commonly called Danow Italia at present Italy Judoea part of Turky in Asia Iverna or Ierna now called Eryn or Ireland Ju'ae a People formerly inhabiting Jutland L LAced ●emon a Town now called Misithra Latium an ancient Country in the Dominion of the Pope Lemnos an Island near Thrace now called Stalimene Libya the North part of Africk Liguria the South part of Lombardy Longobardi a People of Germany in or near the Marquisate of Brandenburg Lucania an ancient Country now comprised in the Kingdom of Naples Lusitania Portugal with part of Castile M MAcedon See the following Table Mauritania part of Barbary Mesopotamia a Country in Turky in Asia Messapia a Country in the Kingdom of Naples Moesia an old country at present divided into Servia and Bulgaria N NEw Troy otherwise Augusta Trinobantum but now London Nidrosia a Town called Drunthem Niger See the following Table Nilus a River in Egypt Numantia See the other Table Numidia a Country called now Bildulgerid O OXus a River now called Balch or Jihun P PAmphilia a Country in Turky in Asia Pannonia the ancient name of Hungary Parthenope the City of Naples Peloponnesus at present Morea Phoenicia a little Country in Turky in Asia Phrygia a Country in Turky in Asia Picenum a Country now comprised in the Dominion of the Pope Picts a People inhabiting the South part of Scotland Pontus Euxinus the Black Sea R RIphaeah Mountains in Muscovy but now called Stolp S SAmnium an ancient Country in the Dominion of the Pope Sarmatia that part of Europe which comprehends Muscovy and Poland Saxons an ancient People in the North of Germany Scandinavia contains the present Kingdoms of Swedeland Denmakr and Norway Scythia Great Tartary Scythia Taurica Little Tartary Scythian Sea all the Northern Ocean Silures a People towards Wales about Monmouth and Herefordshire Sinus Codanus the Baltick Sea Syracuse a Town now called Saragusa Syria a Country in Turky in Asia T TAgus a River now called Taio Tanais See the other Table Tarraco a Town at present called Tarragon Tarraconensis the Middle Northern and Eastern parts of Spain Taurus or Ceraunius Hills in Asia See the following Table Thebes an ancient Town in Greece at present called Stives Thessaly that part of Greece which is now called Janna Thrace it now goes under the name of Romania Thule the Isle of Island Tigris See the following Table Trinobantes a People inhabiting Middle-sex Essex and Hartfordshire whose chief Town was London called at that time Augusta Trinobantum V VEnetia an ancient Country in Lombardy Vmbria a little Country in the Dominion of the Pope which included the present Umbria or Duchy of Spoleto A TABLE Of the Modern Names of all the Countries Provinces Islands Cities Towns Hills Seas Lakes and Rivers contained in this Book reduced to an Alphabetical Order and directing where they may be found in the Maps Also shewing how the most noted of them were called anciently A ABbeville a Town in Picardy Aberdeen a Town in North Scotland Abernethy an old Town in South Scotland Abissinia a Country in Africk part of the ancient Aethiopia Abo a Town in Finland Abbruzzo the Further a Province in the Kingdom of Naples Abruzzo the Nigher a Province in the Kingdom of Naples Acapulco a Town in New Spain Aden a Town in Arabia Adiazzo a Town in Corsica Adige a River in Italy Adrianople a Town in Romania Adriatick Sea or Gulf of Venice between Italy and Dalmatia Aethiopian Sea or Southern Ocean towards the South-West side of Africk Aetna a Mountain in Val di Demona Africk one of the four parts of the World Agger a Town in the Government of Agger Agger Government in Norway Agra a Town in the Indian Continent Aichstad a Town in the Palatinate of Bavaria Aix a Town in Provence Albania a Province in Greece heretofore comprised under that of Macedon Albenga a Town in the Republick of Genoa Alburg a Town in the Diocess of Alburg

light seems to have been retracted from the other parts of the world that it might shine brighter and more gloriously in Europe Again the Arts and Sciences the Policy Strength and Magnificence of the Cities the excellent structure of all the Buildings the courage and wise conduct of the Inhabitants in their Wars and Voyages whether by Sea or Land in a word the wonderful industry of the Europeans in all sorts of rare works makes them to be esteemed infinitely above all the People in the other parts of the Earth We divided Europe in the beginning into nine parts including the British Islands but afterwards we added thereto three more viz. the Low Countries contiguous to France on the North-East the Republick of Swizzerland and their Allies on the East side And the Provinces tributary to the Turk on the South side of Poland with Little Tartary nigh the Pontus Euxinus or the Black Sea The Method of Geographers who place the North on the top of their Maps obliges us to begin with the three Northern parts all three different Countries the first consisting of the British Isles the second of the Peninsula of Scandinavia and the third of Muscovy which is the greatest part of the Continent in Europe Next we will describe the three middle parts which are France Germany and Poland all three alike and take up the rest of the Continent yet their situation shews that France is somewhat more temperate than Germany and Poland which lie higher towards the North where the Winters are very long and sharp We shall speak next of the three Southern parts which are Peninsula's divided from one another but have a great traffick by Sea with the other parts of the World and lastly we will end this Treatise by the Explication of the Low Countries the Swizzerland Cantons and the Provinces tributary to the Turk which being the least Countries in Europe shall be explained last of all although they are situated among the rest There are three principal Languages in Europe viz. Latin corrupt spoken in Italy France and Spain Dutch in Germany Scandinavia and the British Isles and in Poland Muscovy and Turk●y in Europe they make use of the S●lavonian Tongue but all under divers Idioins Again the Latin Tongue is spoken generally where the Roman Catholick Religion is professed and where they speake Dutch they are for the most part Protestants the Roman Catholick Religion is professed in Poland Muscovy allows all sorts of Religions and the Mahometan Religion reigns in Turky CHAP. VI. Of the British Isles THE Kingdom of England or the British Isles make the first of the three Northern parts of Europe seated in the Western Ocean nigh France Germany and the Low Countries and not very far from Scandinavia and Spain The Inhabitants of the Isle of Great Britain which gives its name to all the lesser Islands are as some think descended from the Trojans who entred this Island under the Conduct of Brute and laid the first foundations of London calling it New Troy afterwards it was named Augusta Trinobantum and lastly London but others say the Britains had their name from the Word Brith which signifies stained or painted or rather the name of the Paint by reason of a custom they took to paint their Skins all over and of several Colours that they might thereby the more terrifie their Enemies whence also the Romans called the People of Scotland Picti from their painted Skins Great Britain was called also once Albion ab albis rupibus and is divided into two parts both of them Kingdoms viz. England and Scotland which together with the Isle and Kingdom of Ireland and an innumerable company of lesser Islands in the British Seas are now under the Protection and Government of our most gracious and redoubted Soverain KING CHARLES the second There were several Tribes of People who inhabited anciently these Islands the most famous of them for instance in England were the Cantii the Trinobantes the Brigantes and the Silures c. who were all governed by their Princes but afterwards all subdued by the Romans except the Northern part of the Island The Saxons were the next that possessed themselves of the South part of Britain with whom came the Angli Neighbours to the Saxons out of the North of Germany whence it was called England and the Inhabitants English These Saxons divided it into s●en Kingdoms not including the Principality of Wales wh●ther most part of the Britains being driven by them out of England retired but now these eight Provinces which compose England and Wales are divided into fifty two Shires Of these eight Provinces then according as they lie from London the Metropolis of all England two are in the North of England Northumberland and Mercia two in the South Kent and Sussex two lie towards the East Essex and the Province of the East-Angles and two towards the West Wessex and Wales The two North parts are 1. Northumberland in which are the Shires called Yorkshire Lancashire Westmorland Cumberland Durham and Northumberland the Chief Towns of this Province are York Durham Newcastle Carlisle Barwick Lancaster and Hull 2. Mercia wherein are these following Shires Oxfordshire Glocestershire Buckinghamshire Bedfordshire Huntingtonshire Northamptonshire Rutlandshire Leicestershire Warwickshire Worcestershire Herefordshire Monmouthshire Shropshire Cheshire Staffordshire Darbyshire Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire the Chief Towns are Oxford Chester Glocester Lincoln Worcester Hereford Coventry Peterborow and Lichfield The two South Provinces are 3. Kent being but one single Shire or County ch T. Canterbury Rochester and Dover 4. Sussex containing the Shires or Counties of Sussex and Surrey ch T. Chichester Rye Hastings and Lewes The two Eastern Provinces are 5. Essex which comprehends under it Middlesex Essex and Hartfordshire ch T. London the Metropolis of England which all things considered may be said to be the chief City in the World then Colchester Hariford and St Albans 6. East Angles comprehending Norfolk Suffolk and Cambridgshire ch T. Norwich Cambridg Ipswich Yarmouth and Ely The two Western Provinces are 7. Wessex under which is comprehended Somersetshire Hampshire Dorcetshire Devonshire Cornwall Wiltshire and Barkshire ch T. Bristow Bath Wells Winchester Southampton Excester Plymouth Salisbury and Windsor 8. Wales which includes these twelve Shires following Pembrok shire Caermarthensh Glamorgansh Brecknock sh Radnorsh Cardigansh Montgomerysh Merionethsh Denbigsh Flintsh Caernarvonsh and the Isle of Anglesey ch T. Pembroke St. Davids Cardiff Landaff Denbigh S. Asaph Montgomery and Caernarvon Scotland was formerly called Caledonia afterwards comprehended under the name of Great Britain as at present but once it received the name of Little Britain in comparison of England which was then properly Great Britain It is the most Northern part of this Island and contains thirty five Shires or Counties viz. fourteen beyond the River Tay which make up the ancient Kingdom of the Scots whose King dwelt at Dunstasag and twenty one on this side the River Tay where was the Kingdom of

the Picts the Kings Seat being at Abernethy but these two Towns are now ruined The chief Towns on this side the River Tay in South Scotland are Edenburg Leith Glascow St. Andrews Sterling and Dunbriton North Scotland or the habitation of the ancient Scots the chief Towns are Aberdeen Perth Dundee and Dornock I shall not trouble the Readers Memory with the names of each particular County of Scotland nor those of Ireland which I am now going to speak of as not being of such moment The Kingdom and Isle of Ireland was anciently called Ierna and sometimes Iverna from the latter Hibernia seems to be derived by which name it was known in the time of the Romans and from Ierna as it is generally believed comes Eryn so called by the Natives at this day It is now divided into five Provinces which were formerly Kingdoms viz. 1. Lemster in which are nine Counties ch T. Dublin Wexford and Kilkenny 2. Meath in which are three Countie ch T. Molingar this Province by reason of its small extent is commonly comprehended under Lemster 3. Vlster which contains ten Counties ch T. Armagh Drogdagh and London derry 4. Connaught which has six Counties ch T. Galxay Kilaloe and Athlone 5. Munster under which is also comprehended six Counties ch T. Waterford Limerick and Cork The most considerable Islands high the Coasts of Great Britain and Ireland which go under the name of British Isles are divided into nine parts whereof three are in the Channel viz. the Isles of Wight Jersey and Garnsey which two last are near the Coast of France Three lie Westward in the Irish Sea viz. the Sorlings or Silly Islands the Isle of Man and the Western Isles nigh Scotland called the Hebrides or Inchgalles The three last are towards the North viz. the Orcades or Isles of Orkney the the Isles of Hetland or Shetland and the Fair Islands or Isles of Fero now belonging the King of Denmark The chief Rivers are the Thames Severn and Trent in England Tay in Scotland and Shannon in Ireland CHAP. VII Of Scandinavia SCandinavia is the second of the three North parts of Europe joining to Germany Poland and Muscovy it includes three Kingdoms under two States viz. the State of Denmark and that of Swedeland The State of Denmark contains two Kingdoms viz. Denmark and Norway Denmark consists of three parts to wit Jutland which is a great Peninsula or Chersonesus annexed to Germany and formerly called the Cimbrick Chersonesus the Isles of the Baltick Sea and the Islands and Countries in the North Sea Jutland so called from the Jutae heretofore the Inhabitants of this Country is divided into South-Jutland and North-Jutland South Jutland comprehends two Dukedoms 1. The Dukedom of Holsatia or Holsten this is counted part of Germany included within the Circuit or Circle of the lower Saxony and depending on the Empire which we should not describe in this place but that it belongs to the King of Denmark The chief Towns are Rendsburg Kiel and Gluckstad 2. The Dukedom of Sleswick ch T. Sleswick with the Castle of Gottorp Tonningen and Flendsburg North-Jutland includes four Lutheran Diocesses which are 1. The Diocess of Rypen ch T. Rypen 2. That of Arhusen ch T. Arhusen 3. The Diocess of Wiburg ch T. Wiburg Fourthly and lastly that of Alburg ch T. Alburg and Scagen towards the North-Cape of Denmark which is famous for it's frequent Shipwracks The most remarkable Islands of the Baltick Sea are First the Isle of Zeeland of old called Codanonia ch T. Copenhagen Roschild and Helsenore with the Castle of Cronemberg Secondly the Isle of Fuien or Funen ch T. Odensee Middelfurt and Niburg The three passages or Straights of the Baltick Sea heretofore Sinus Codanus are the Sound between Zeeland and Schonen the Belt between Zeeland and Funen and Middelfurt Sound between Funen and Jutland The Islands and Countries in the Northern Sea which depend upon the Kingdom of Denmark are 1. A great part of the Isle of Island ch T. Hola a Bishoprick 2. The Fair Islands ch T. Strom. 3. Greenland ch T. Bearford The Kingdom of Norway which takes up the Western part of Scandinavia is divided into five Governments or Provinces viz. 1. The Government of Bahus which belongs to the Swedes since the treaty at Roschild ch T. Bahus and Marstrand 2. That of Agger ch T. Agger Opslo and Frederickstad 3. That of Bergen ch T. Berg or Bergen the residence of the Viceroy 4. The Government of Drunthem ch T. Drunthem heretofore Nidrosia the Seat of the ancient Kings of Norway 5. And lastly that of Wardhus ch T. Wardhus nigh the North Kin or Cape The Kingdom of Swedeland or Sweden comprehends seven parts which are 1. The coast of Schonen comprehending Halland Schonen and Bleking all which go under the name of South Gothland ch T. Lunden Malmugen Landskroon and Christianstad 2. The North part of Gothland is divided into Ostro Gothland and Westro Gothland ch T. Calmar Gottemburg or Gothburg and Linkopen 3. Sweden containing eight or nine little Provinces ch T. Stockholm Vpsal and Nikopen 4. Laponia otherwise Lapland is divided into five Regions or Territories viz. Vma Pitha Lula Tornia and Kimi or Lapmark with the Towns of the same name whereof Tornia is of most importance 5. The great Province of Finland subdivided into several small Provinces ch T. Aho Wiburg and Raseburg 6. Ingria ch T. Noteburg and Juannogrod 7. Livonia ch T. Riga Derpt and Revel The Crown of Swedeland is also possessed of several Islands in the Baltick Sea and in Germany the Dukedoms of Pomeren Bremen and Ferden the town of Wismar and the Isle of Rugen Tornia and Kimi in the North Provinces of Swedeland are the most considerable Rivers of Scandinavia CHAP. VIII Of Muscovy MVscovy or Russia is the most Northern and most rude and illiterate Country of all the parts of Europe but above six times bigger than all the British Isles This Empire contains the three Kingdoms of Cazan Bulgar and Astracan in Tartary Desart with the Cities of the same name and above thirty Provinces with several distinct sorts of People who live by Horda's or Companies The twelve principal Towns are Mosco Wolodimer Great Novogrod Archangel St. Nicholas Plescow Rhezan Oustioug Worotin Little Novogrod Wologda and Bielizero The principal Rivers are the Wolga Dwina and Tanais or Don. This is enough of a Country where none go to travel neither do the Inhabitants who are all Slaves go out of it without an express leave from the Czar who does not very often grant their request in that CHAP. IX Of France THE Kingdom of France in time past was named Gaule containing a larger extent than at present and was divided into Gallia Belgica Gallia Celtica Aquitania and Gallia Narbonensis It is the first and most Westerly of the three parts of Europe which are situated between the North and South Countries It lies nigh England being separated from us but by our Channel and