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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

from it by the Euripus or Straights of Negropont 7. Morea called in time past Peloponnesus ch T. Patras Corinth and Misithra formerly Lacedaemon These fix last Provinces composed the ancient and famous Country of Greece The Islands which are about Turky in Europe are a sufficient number to make a third part we will then divide them into Turkish and Venetian Islands The chief of the Turkish Islands are Candy anciently Creet ch T. Candy Canea and Retimo Negropont anciently Euboea ch T. Negropont and Stalimene heretofore Lemnos ch T. of the same name The Venetian Islands which are considerable are Corsu Cefalonia Zant and Cerigo heretofore Cythera The most famous Rivers of Turky in Europe are the Danow or Danube the Draw the Saw and the Tyssa or Teissa CHAP. XV. Of the Low Countries AFter having briefly spoken of the nine great parts of Europe we thought it convenient to avoid confusion and to facilitate the Readers memory by the number of twelve into the which we have divided Asia Africk and America to add three lesser divisions of Europe separated and distant from one another viz. The Low Countries the Republick of Swizzerland and the Provinces tributary to the Great Turk We shall begin first with the Low Countries or Seventeen Provinces vulgarly known by the name of Flanders and Holland which are the two richest and most considerable Provinces of them The Low Countries were formerly divided into two parts one on the South of the Rhine comprehended under that part of Gaule called Gallia Belgica now most of it is the Spanish Netherlands The other on the North side of the Rhine was comprised within the bounds of ancient Germany at present it is the Vnited Netherlands The modern division is also into two parts though with some difference from the ancient viz. The Spanish Netherlands or Flanders and the Vnited Netherlands Holland or Vnited Provinces The Spanish Netherlands contain these following Provinces viz. 1. Two thirds of Brabant ch T. Brussels and Lovain 2. Luxemburg ch T. Luxemburg and Thionville Part of this Duchy of Luxemburg belongs at present to the French as also the County of Artois part of the County of Flanders c. but the French having so latelyw on these Countries which by the hazards of a new War may be as soonbrought under the Jurisdiction of some other Potentate I shall forbear to make any more divisions of the Spanish Low Countries concerning the French King's conquests there than what I have mentioned in the Chapter of France but as near as I can shall stick to the division generally agreed upon by all Geographers before the beginning of the last French Wars 3. Limburg ch T. Limburg and Maestricht 4. About a third part of Gelderland ch T. Gelders and Ruremond 5. Almost all Flanders ch T. Gaunt Lisle Dunkirk and Ostend 6. Artois ch T. Arras and St. Omars 7. Hainault ch T. Mons and Valenciennes 8. Namur ch T. Namur and Charlemont 9. The Marquisate of the Holy Empire or the Seigniory of Antwerp ch T. Antwerp 10. The Seigniory of Malines ch T. Malines or Mechlyn You must take notice before we proceed any further that these two small Provinces last mentioned are enclosed within the Duchy of Brabant and that besides the Seventeen Provinces there is the Town of Cambray between Hainault Artois and Picardy which together with it's adjacent Territory makes up a peculiar Province called by the French who are now Masters of it Cambresis yet this small Province is sometimes comprised under that of Hainault The Vnited Provinces or the States of Holland contain these following Provinces viz. 1. Holland ch T. Amsterdam the Hague Dort and Leyden 2. Zeland ch T. Middleburg and Flushing 3. Zutphen ch T. Zutphen 4. Vtrecht ch T. Vtrecht 5. Overissel ch T. Deventer and Swol 6. West Friseland ch T. Lewarden and Franeker 7. The Seigniory of Groningen with the Town of the same name Besides these seven Provinces there is and hath been a great while in the Hollanders possession above two thirds of Gelderland the chief Towns whereof are Nimmegen and Arnhem About a third part of Brabant ch T. Breda and Boldus and some Towns in the North of the Province of Flanders the most considerable of them is Sluys North. Westward from Gaunt CHAP. XVI Of the Republick of Swizzerland THE Republick of Swizzerland is composed of thirteen Canrons which are each one by themselves peculiar Democracies but under one common Alliance with several little Countries States or Towns which go under the name of their Allies The thirteen Swizzerland Cantons are disposed in this order 1. The Canton of Zurick ch T. Zurick 2. The Canton of Bern ch T. Bern and Lausann 3. Of Basil ch T. Basil 4. Of Lucern ch T. Lucern 5. Of Soloturn ch T. Soloturn 6. Of Friburg ch T. Friburg 7. Of Schashausen ch T. Schashauser 8. The Canton of Switz which gave its name to the whole Country ch T. Switz 9. That of Zug ch T. Zug 10. That of Appenzel ch T. Appeuzel 11. Of Glaritz ch T. Glaritz 12. Of Vnderwalden ch T. Siantz 13. Of Vri ch T. Altors The Allies of Swizzerland worth our observation are 1. The Grisons ch T. Coir 2. Valtoline ch T. Sundrio 3. Valais ch T. Sion 4. The Bishoprick of Basil which hath no very considerable Town in it except Porentru Besides these there are many other small Territories and Towns allied to and confederated with the Swizzers which I shall forbear to name as being too tedious to insert them all CHAP. XVII Of the Provinces tributary to the Turk BY the name of Provinces tributary to the Turk we mean those which have each one in particular a Soverain Prince but tributary and depending on the Turk who protects them and pretends to a right of deposing them when they do not embrace his interests or when they refuse to arm in his defence These Provinces are four in number viz. 1. Transilvania ch T. Hermanstad Clausenburg and Weyssenburg 2. Walachia ch T. Targowisko Dombrowitza and Braskow 3. Moldavia ch T. Jazy Soczow and Targorod 4. Little Tartary ch T. Kaffa Crim and Azof or Azac upon the Don. A Short ALPHABETICAL TABLE Of the antient names of Nations Countries Cities Mountains Seas and Rivers which are mentioned in this Book compared with the Newer Divisions and Names by which they are generally known at this day A A Chaia part of Greece now called Livadia Adriatick Sea the Gulf of Venice Aethiopia the South part of Africk now divided into several Countries Aethiopian Sea now more commonly called the Southern Oceàn Aetna a Mountain heretofore so called in Sicily but at present Gibel Albion the ancient name of England An●li a People in the North of Germany Ap●lia an ancient Country in the Kingdom of Naples Aquitania the South-west part of France Ararat a Hill in Asia still known by this name See the following Table Athens an ancient Town in Greece now called Serines Atlantick Sea now

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