light seems to have been retracted from the other parts of the world that it might shine brighter and more gloriously in Europe Again the Arts and Sciences the Policy Strength and Magnificence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 Turkâ—y in Europe they make use of the Sâ—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 sâ—en Kingdoms not including the Principality of Wales whâ—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
Europe or Greece ch T. Constantinople before Constantine the Emperour called Bizantium Adrianople and Buda in Hungary The three little parts of Europe interlaced between the great ones and often comprehended under them are 10. The Low Countries or the Seventeen Provinces between France Germany and he Brittish Seas ch T. Amsterdam Brussels and Gaunt 11. The Swizzerland Cantons and their Allies between France Italy and Germany ch T. Bern Basil and Soloturn 12. The Provinces tributary to the Turk ch T. Hermanstat in Transilvania Jazy or Jaickâ—a in Moldavia Targowisko in Walachia all three lying between Turky and Poland and comprised within the bounds of the ancient Country of Dacia and Kaffa in Little Tartary once called Scythia Taurica between Pontus Euxinus or the Black Sea and Muscovy The most remarkable Mountains of Europe are the Riphaean Mountains towards the North of Muscovy now called Stolp the Carpathian Hills now Crapack between Hungary and Poland the Alps between Italy France and Germany the Apennine parting Italy down along through the middle of the whole length of it the Pyrenies which divide Spain from France and Mount Gibel anciently Aetna in the Isle of Sicily Asia is divided into twelve great parts six of them Southern and the other six Northern The six Southern parts beginning with those that are next to Europe are 1. Turky in Asia ch T. Aleppo Bagdat Mosul Jerusalem Damascus Scanderoonor Alexandretta Erzerum Bursa and Smirna In this part of Asia were anciently the Countries of Chaldaea Mesopotamia Judaea Phoenicia Syria Cilicia Pamphilia Phrygia with many others 2. Arabia ch T. Medina Mecca Ziden Zibit Aden and El-Catif 3. Persia ch T. Ispahan Ormuz Schiras Caswin Ardevil and Derbent 4. The Indian Continent or the Empire of the Mogol ch T. Agra Delli Bengala Cambaia Surate and Lahor 5. The two Peninsula's of the Indies one on this side the River Ganges and the other beyond ch T. Goa Golconda and Narsinga on this side the Ganges and Pegu Sian and Malacca beyond 6. C hina ch T. Peking Nanking Quancheu Queyang Nanciang and Macao The six Northern parts of Asia are 7. Georgia situated on the North of Turky which includes the ancient Country of Colchos ch T. Kori or Goreden Teslis and Savatopoli 8. Vsbeck Ziagathai or Mavaralnahara on the North side of Persia ch T. Samarcand famous for the birth of Tamerlane the Great Bockora and Cascar 9. Turquestan or Thebet on the East of Ziagathay ch T. Thebet and Chotan 10. Tartary of the great Cham by some called Cathay Northward from China ch T. Muoncheu heretofore Cambalu Campion otherwise Tanguth and Camul or XÃ mo 11. Tartary Desart towards the North Sea and Muscovy ch T. Astracan upon the Wolga near the Caspian Sea Cazan and Bulgar 12. The true ancient Tartary called the North Tartary above Cathay and Turquestain ch T. Chazan or Kaimach Ciandu and Tartar in the North. These five last parts are commonly comprehended under the name of Great Tartary anciently Scythia Taurus is the chief Mountain in Asia by the Greeks called Ceraunius it passeth through most of the Countries in Asia but under divers names in the Western part of Turky 't is most properly called Taurus more Northerly towards Georgia 't is named Ararat again in the middle of Persia Taurus it takes the name of Imaus in Tartary and between Tartary and the Indies 't is called Caucasus by which name the Mountains in Georgia are also called Africk which is the most Southerly Region of our Continent is divided into twelve parts whereof these six first compose the Vpper Africk towards Europe in time past Libya and the six others make up the Lower Africk called before Aethipia situated towards the South Let us begin with the Vpper Africk and see its divisions which are 1. Barbary which comprehends most of the Ancient Mauritania ch T. Fez Marocco Tangier Algier Tunis and Tripoli 2. Bildulgerid or Numidia ch T. Dara Segelmessa and Tesset 3. Egypt ch T. Grand Cairo Alexandria Rosetta Damiata Suez or Calzem and Cossir 4. Zaara or the Desart ch T. Zuenziga Targa or Zaghara and Zanhaga 5. The Land of the Blacks or Nigritia ch T. Tombote Genehoa Gualata Cano Cassena Cantozi Mandinga Gago and Guber 6. Guinny ch T. Benin Arda and St. George of the Mine or Mina 7. Nubia ch T. Nubia Dancala and Jalac 8. Congo ch T. St. Salvador St. Paolo or Angola and Dongo 9. Abissinia ch T. Amara Depsan Cangan Boxa Fremona Caxumo Arquico Doncala and Suaquem 10. Zanguebar ch T. Mozambick Quiloa Mombaza Melinda Brava and Magadoxo 11. Monomotopa ch T. Madragan commonly called Monomotopa Zimbaoe or Massapa and Butua 12. Cafreria or the Coast of the Caffres ch T. Zofala Africk hath these Mountains following viz. Mount Atlas now more comonly called Claros between Barbary and Bildulgerid Lunae Mons the Lunar Hills or the Mountains of the Moon so called by reason of their height lying between the Country of the Abissines and Monomotopa most Geographers are of the opinion that the River Nilus springs from these Mountains yet new discoveries being lately made it is thought otherwise by some Lastly the Mountains of Sierra Liona in Guinny America is also divided into twelve parts whereof four lie towards the North and eight towards the South separated from one another by the Istmus of Panama The four parts towards the North which compose North America are 1. Canada or New France ch T. Quebeck Montreal and Tadousack 2. New Mexico ch T. Sta. Fe or St. Faith and New Granada 3. New England including part of Florida the rest being comprehended under New Spain all Virginia New Holland otherwise called New York and New England comprised in it self ch T. Boston New-Town or Cambridg James-Town New Plymouth New York and Charles-Town 4. Mexico or New Spain ch T. Mexico Compostella Guadalaiara Valladolid Acapulco St. Jago de Guatimala Leon Truxillo and Merida The eight other parts make South America viz. 5. Castilla del Oro ch T. Panama Porto-Belo Carthagena Sta. Martha Coro and Sta. Fe de Bogota 6. Guyana ch T. Manoa or El Dorado Ceperou or Fort Lewis and Corou 7. Peru ch T. Lima or Los Retes Cusco St. Francis Arica Potosi and La Plata 8. Brasil ch T. St. Salvador Porto-Seguro Spiritu Santo St. Sebastian St. Vincent Olinda Tamaraca Potengi and Maranhaon 9. Paraguay comprehending La Plata ch T. The Assumption Buenos Aires and Sta. Fe. 10. Tucuman ch T. St. Jago del Estero St. Miguel and Cordova 11. Chili ch T. St. Jago the Conception and Baldivia 12 Magellanica the chief Town if it may be called a Town is St. Philip otherwise nick named Port-Famine As for the Mountains in this part of the Earth the Andes in Peru between Tuâ—umâ—n and Chili and in Magellanica are the most famous of America and the only Mountains worth taking notice of in this small Treatise CHAP. III. Of the Islands THE most famous Islands round about the World are
either about our Continent or America Those of our Continent are of Europe Asia or Africk The Islands of Europe are either in the Ocean as Great Britain Ireland and Island anciently Thule or In the Mediterranean Sea as Sicily Candy which of old was called Creet and Sardinia or In the Baltick Sea as Zeeland Fuien or Funen and Rugen The Islès of Asia are divided into these eight parts following viz. 1. The Japan Islands 2. The Islands of China 3. The Philippine Islands 4. The Molucco Islands 5. The Islands of the Sound 6. The Isle of Zeilan 7. The Maldive Islands 8. The Isle of Cyprus The African Islands make six divisions or parts viz. 1. The Island of Madagascar or St. Lawrence 2. The Isles of St. Helena the Ascension the Isle of St. Thomas under the Equinoctial Line with many of less note up and down in the Aethiopian Sea 3. The Isles of Cape Verd or as heretofore the Hesperian Isles 4. The Canary anciently Fortunate Islands 5. The Islands of Madera 6. The Isle of Malta with some lesser Islands adjacent to it The Islands of America are also divided into six parts viz. 1. The Isles Azores or Terceran Islands which some make to belong to Africk 2. The Isles of New-found Land 3. The Isles of the Antilles or the Antego Islands 4. The great Island of Calisurnia 5. The Isles of New Guinny or of the Pacifick Ocean 6. The Magellanick Islands by the Straight of Magellan The Magellanick Continent and Terra Arctica shall not be spoken of here being not yet fully discovered CHAP. IV. Of the Seas Gulfs Straights Lakes and Rivers THE Water which doth incompass or separate the parts of the Terrestrial Globe are divided into Seas Gulfs Straights Lakes and Rivers The great Sea which environs our Continent is called the Ocean which is divided into four parts 1. The Northern Ocean called the Frozen and in time past the Scythian Sea which comprehends the Sea of Tartary of Muscovy and of Scandinavia 2. The Western or Atlantick Ocean this contains the Seas of Great Britain France and Spain with the Sea of the Canaries and of Guinny 3. The Southern Ocean or Aethiopian comprehends the Seas of Congo or Angola of Casreria and that of Zanguebar 4. The Eastern Oriental or Indian Ocean includes the Arabian Sea the Persian the Indian and the Sea of China The great Sea about America is divided into the North Sea the South or Pacifick Sea and the Sea of Magellanica 1. The North Sea is divided into three parts according to the Countries adjacent viz. the Sea of Canada or New France the Mexican Sea or the Sea of New Spain and the Sea of Brasil 2. The Pacifick Sea comprehends in it's full extent the Seas of Peru of New Mexico and the Archipelago of St. Lazarus towards China and the East Indies 3. The Magellanick Sea waters all the coast of Terra Magellanica within the compass of which is included the Seas of Paraguay Magellanica and Chili But leaving these exact subdivisions of the Seas this you must observe that the Seas always or most commonly borrow the names of the adjacent Countries so that he who understands the division of the Maritime States and of the Islands knows for the most part the names of the Seas The three most famous Gulfs of our Continent which for their greatness are called Seas are the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Africk the Baltick Sea between Sweden Germany and Poland and the Red Sea between Asia and Africk The three Gulfs of America are the Gulf of Mexico between Mexico and Florida Hudsons Gulf or Bay North-Westward from Canada and the Gulf of La Plata in Paraguay The three most famous Straights of the World are the Straights of Gibraltar the Nè plus ultra of the Ancients between Europe and Africk this joins the Mediterranean Sea to the Ocean the Straights of Magellan between America and Terra Magellanica and the Straights of Anian between our Continent and the Land of Jesso The three most considerable Lakes round about the Terrestrial Globe are 1. In Asia on the North side of Persia the Caspian Lake or Sea otherwise called the Sea of Kilan or of Sala 2. The Lake Parima under the Equator in Guyana 3. The Lake called the Fresh-water Sea in Canada The most famous Rivers in the World are in Europe nine the Thames in England Tornia in Scandinavia Wolga in Muscovy the Loire in France the Rhine in Germany the Weyssell or Wistule in Poland the River Tagus now Taio in Spain Po in Italy and the Danow or Danube in Turky in Europe In Asia twelve Euphrates and Tigris in Turky in Asia Indus or Sind Ganges the River of Pegu and Menan in India Kiang and Hoang or Caramoran in China Ghammas Jihun or Balch anciently Oxus Ardock or Alsagsh in time past Jaxartes and Obius in Great Tartary Six in Africk viz. Nile in Abissinia and in Egypt Niger in Nigritia Ghir in Zaara the Zair in Congo Zambera and Spiritu Santo in Monomotopa and Cafreria In America there are also six the River of St. Laurence in Canada Paria or Orenoke between Castilla del Oro and Guyana the River of the Amazons otherwise Orelhana in Peru that of St. Francis in Brasil the River Parana in Paraguay and that of La Plata in the same Country the largest River in the World the mouth of which is not unfitly stiled a Gulf. CHAP. V. Of Europe in general ALL our design in this little Compendium of Geography is to take particular care to describe Europe the knowledge whereof is most necessary for us Although Europe gives place to Asia Africk and America for greatness and extent nevertheless it 's infinite number of advantages render it without contradiction the most considerable part of the inhabitable World For if we consider the situation of it we shall find that lying in the middle of the Temperate Zone the Countries of this part of the World are exceedingly more fertile and fuller of People than those of the other three Moreover it is to be observed that through the natural situation of the Countries of Europe the Inhabitants have great trading one among another by the means of the Seas Straights and Gulfs which belong to it and by the convenience of a great number of Rivers which run through all parts of it so that by their Voyages Navigation Trade and their frequent Wars they are become the most expert People in the World and so warlike that they have in their hands the Soverainty of the other parts of the Earth Witness the Conquests of the Grecians and Romans in old times and the victorious Navigations in this Age by which the Spaniards the English the French and the Hollanders have added what was wanting to their own felicity by the spoils of forreign Nations that they have overcome Besides Europe receives a greater advantage by the profession of the Gospel of JESVS CHRIST whose
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 Oceà n Aetna a Mountain heretofore so called in Sicily but at present Gibel Albion the ancient name of England Anâ—li a People in the North of Germany Apâ—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 Borisâ—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 â—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
little Province part of South-Gothland Hamburg a Town upon the Frontiers of Holtten and Saxony Hampshire in the Kingdom of Wessex Hannover a Town in the Duchy of Brunswick Hartford a Town in Hartfordshire Hartfordshire in the Kingdom of Essex Hastings a Town in the County of Sussex Haynault one of the Seventeen Provinces in Flanders Hebrides or Inchgalles some of the British Isles near Scotland Westward Heidelberg a Town in the Palatinate of the Rhine Helsenore a Town in Zeeland Hereford a Town in Herefordshire Herefordshire in the Kingdom of Mercia Hermanstad a Town in Transilvania Hessen a Province in Germany Hetland or Sherland Isles some of the British Islands not far from Scotland towards the North East Hoang or Caramoran a River in China Hola a Town in Island Holland Vnited Netherlands or Vnited Provinces the Northern part of the Low Countries Holland County one of the Seventeen Provinces in the United Netherlands Holsatia or Holsten a Province in South-Jutland Hudsons Bay North-Westward from Canada Hull a Town in Yorkshire Hungary anciently called Pannonia a great Province in Turky in Europe Huntingtonshire in the Kingdom of Mercia I JAcca a Town in Aragon Jaickza or Jazy a Town in Moldavia Jalac a Town in Nubia James-Town a Town in Virginia Janna called heretofore Thessaly a Province in Greece Japan Islands in the the Indian Ocean Javarin or Raab a Town in Imperial Hungary Jaytza a Town in Bosnia Jazy or Jaickza a Town in Moldavia Jersey one of the British Isles near the Coast of Normandy Jerusalem a Town in Turky in Asia Jesso the name of a Country in Terra Arctica Jihun or Balch anciently Oxus a River in Great Tartary Imaus a Mountain or Mountains in Tartary Inchgalles or Hebrides some of the British Isles near Scotland Westward Indian Continent or Empire of the Mogol a Country in Asia Indian Ocean or Eastern Ocean on the South side of Asia Indian Peninsula beyond Ganges a Country in Asia Indian Peninsula on this side Ganges a Country in Asia Indies they are divided into East Indies and West Indies Ingria a Province in Swedeland Inspruck a Town in Tirole Ipswich a Town in Suffolk Ireland or Eryn a Country in Europe one of the British Isles anciently called Hibernia and not seldom Iverna or Ierna Irish Sea between England and Ireland Island called heretofore Thule an Island in the Northern Ocean Isle of France a Province in France Ispaban a Town in Persia Italy a Country in Europe It was called heretofore sometimes Italia and sometimes Ausonia but generally known to the Greeks by the name of Hesperia Juannogrod a Town in Ingria Ivica a Town in the Isle of Ivica Ivica an Island in the Mediterranean Sea Juliers a Town in the Duchy of Juliers Juliers Duchy in the Western part of Germany Jutland the greatest part of Denmark divided into North and South Jutland In times past it was called the Cimbrick Chersonesus K KAffa or Caffa a Town in Little Tartary Kaimach or Chazan a Town in North Tartary Kalisz a Town in Lower Poland Kaminieck a Town in Podolia Kanisia a Town in Hungary Kent a County and one of the Seven Saxon Kingdoms in England Kiang a River in China Kiel a Town in Holsten Kilaloe a Town in Connaught Kilan or Sala the name of a great Lake or Sea between Persia and Tartary called heretofore the Caspian Sea Kilkenny a Town in Lemster Kimi a Town in Lapmark Kimi a River in Swedeland Kimi Territories or Lapmark a little Province in Lapland Kiow a Town in Volhinia Komora a Town in Imperial Hungary Koningsberg a Town in Prussia Ducal Kori or Goreden a Town in Georgia Kuttenberg a Town in Bohemia L La Corunna or Corunna a Town in Gallicia La Marche a Province in the Government of Lyonnois La Plata a Town in Peru. La Plata part of Paraguay La Plata the name of a River in La Plata Labor a Town in the Indian Continent Lake of Geneva between Swizzerland and Savoy Lake Parima in Guyana Lancashire in the Kingdom of Northumberland Lancaster a Town in Lancashire Lanciano a Town in the Further Abruzzo Land of the Blacks or Nigritia a Country in Africk Land of Jesso a Country in Terra Arctica Landaff a Town in Glamorganshire Landskroon a Town in Schonen Languedock a Province and the greatest part of the Government of Languedock Languedock Government in France Lapland or Laponia a Province in Swedeland Lapmark or Kimi a little Province part of Lapland Larissa a Town in Janna Larta a Town in Canina Lauback a Town in Carniola Lau'ann a Town in the Canton of Bern. Legorn a Town in Tuscany Leicestershire in the Kingdom of Mercia Leith a Town in South Scotland Lemster a Province in Ireland Leon a Town in New Spain Leon a Town in the Province of Leon. Leon a Province in Spain Leopol or Lewenburg a Town in Russia the Black Lepanto a Town in Livadia Lewarden a Town in West-Frizeland Lewenburg or Leopol a Town in Russia the Black Lewes a Town in the County of Sussex Leyden a Town in the County of Holland Lichfield a Town in Staffordshire Liege a Town in the Diocess of Liege Liege Diocess in the Western part of Germany almost environed by the Low Countries Liguitz a Town in Silesia Lima or Los Reies a Town in Peru. Limburg a Town in the Duchy of Limburg Limburg Duchy one of the Seventeen Provinces in Flanders Limerick a Town in Munster Limoges a Town in Limosin Limosin a Province in the Government of Gulenn and Gascony Lincoln a Town in Lincolnshire Lincolnshire in the Kingdom of Mercia Linkopen a Town in Ostro-Gothland Lintz a Town in Austria Lis a River in the Low Countries Lisbon a Town in Portugal Lisle a Town in the County of Flanders Lithuania a great Province in Poland Little Novogrod a Town in Muscovy Little Tartary heretofore Scythia Taurica a little Country in Europe tributary to the Turk Livadia a Province in Greece it was called anciently Achaia Livonia a Province in Swedeland Loire a River in France Lombardy a great Province in the North part of Italy London a Town in the County of Middlesex Londonderry a Town in Ulster Lorain a Province in France Loreto a Town in the Marquisate of Ancona Los Reies or Lima a Town in Peru. Lot a River in France that falls into the Garonn between Gascony and Guienn Lovain a Town in Brabant Low Countries or Seventeen Provinces in Europe known in time past by the name of Belgia Lubeck a Town upon the Territories of Holsten and Mecklenburg Lublin a Town in Upper Poland Lucca a Town in the Republick of Lucca Lucca Republick a little Province in Italy near Tuscany Westward Lucern a Town in the Canton of Lucern Lucern Canton in Swizzerland Lula a Town in the Territories of Lula Lula Territories in Lapland Lunae Mons or Mountains of the Moon between Abissinia and Monomotopa Lunden a Town in Schonen Lunenburg a Town
of Kent Romagna a Province the Dominion of the Pope Romania in time past Thrace a Province in Turky in Europe Rome a Town in Campania di Roma Roschild a Town in Zeeland Rosetta a Town in Egypt Rosinia a Town in Samogitia Rotweil a Town in Brisgow Rouen a Town in Normandy Rouergue a Province in the Government of Guienn and Gascony Roussillon a small Province in the Government of Languedock Rugen an Island in the Baltick Sea near Pomeren Ruremond a Town in Gelderland Russia or Muscovy part of the ancient Country of Sarmatia in Europe Russia the Black a Province in Poland Rutlandshire in the Kingdom of Mercia Rye a Town in the County of Sussex Rypen a Town in the Diocess of Rypen Rypen Diocess in North-Jutland S St. Albans a Town in Hartfordshire St. Andrews a Town in South-Scotland St. Asaph a Town in Flintshire St. Davids a Town in the Isle of France St. Denis a Town in Pembrokshire St. Faith or St. Fe a Town in New Mexico St. Fe a Town in Paraguay St. Francis a Town in Peru. St. Francis the name of a River in Brasil St. George of the Mine or Mina a Town in Guinny St. Helena an Island in the Southern Ocean St. Jago a Town in Chili St. Jago de Compostella a Town in Gallicia St. Jago de Guatimala a Town in New Spain St. Jago del Estero a Town in Tucuman St. Laurence or Madagascar an Island in the Southern Ocean St. Laurence the name of a River in Canada St. Miguel a Town in Tucuman St. Nicholas a Town in Muscovy St. Omars a Town in Arrois St. Paolo or Angola a Town in Congo St. Philip or Port Famine a Town in Magellanica St. Salvador a Town in Brasil St. Salvador a Town in Congo St. Sebastian a Town in Biscay St. Sebastian a Town in Brasil St. Thomas an Island in the Southern Ocean St. Vincent a Town in Brasil Saints a Town in Saintonge Saintonge a Province in the Government of Guienn and Gascony Sala or Kilan the name of a great Lake or Sea between Persia and Tartary anciently called the Caspian Sea Salamanca a Town in the Province of Leon. Salerno a Town in the Nigher Principality Salins a Town in Franche County Salisbury a Town in Wiltshire Salonichi a Town in Macedon Saltzburg a Town in the Duchy of Bavaria Samarcand a Town in Ziagathay Samogitia a Province in Poland Sandomir a Town in Upper Poland Sta. Fe or St. Faith a Town in New Mexico Sta. Fe de Begota a Town in Castilla del Oro. Sta. Martha a Town in Castilla del Oro. Santillana a Town in Asturia Saragossa a Town in Aragon Saragusa formerly Syracuse a Town in Val di Noto Sardinia an Island in the Mediterranean Sea Sassari a Town in Sardinia Savatopoli a Town in Georgia Savona a Town in the Republick of Genoa Savoy a little Country between France Italy and Swizzerland but counted part of Lombardy Saw a River in Turky in Europe which falls into the Danube Saxony Electorship a little Province in Upper Saxony Saxony the Lower a Province in Germany Saxony the Vpper a Province in Germany Scagen a Town in the most Northern part of the Diocess of Alburg Scanderoon or Alexandretta a Town in Turky in Asia Scandinavia a large Country in the North of Europe containing the Kingdoms of Swedeland Denmark and Norway Scardona a Town in Dalmatia Schafhausen a Town in the Canton of Schafhausen Schafhausen Canton a Province in Swizzerland Scheld a River in the Low Countries Schiras a Town in Persia Schonen a Province in South Gothland Schwaben or Suevia a Province in Germany Scotland heretofore called Caledonia a Country in Europe being the North part of Great Britain Scotland beyond Tay all Scotland which lies from the Tay Northward Scotland on this side Tay the South part of Scotland which is included between the River Tay and England Scutari a Town in Albania Sea of Kilan or Sala a vast Lake between Persia and Tartary known heretofore by the name of Caspian Sea Sebenico a Town in Dalmatia Segelmessa a Town in Bildulgerid Segorbe a Town in the Province Valentia Segovia a Town in Old Castile Servia a Province in Turky in Europe being part of the ancient Country of Moesia Setines heretofore called Athens a Town in Livadia Seventeen Provinces Low Countries or Netherlands in Europe the Romans comprised them all under the name of Belgia Severn a River in England Sevil a Town in Andaluzia Seyne a River in France Shannon a River in Ireland Shetland or Hetland Isles in the Northern Ocean not far from Scotland Shropshire in the Kingdom of Mercia Sian a Town in the Indian Peninsula beyond Ganges Sicily an Island in the Mediterranean Sea Siena a Town in Tuscany Sierra Liona Mountains so called in Guiny Silesia a Province in Germany Silly Islands or the Sorlings some of the British Isles between England France and Ireland Sind heretofore called Indus a River in India Sion a Town in Valais Slavonia a Province in Turky in Europe part of the ancient Illyricum Sleswick a Town in the Duchy of Sleswick Sles-wick Duchy a little Province in South-Jutland Sluys a Town in the County of Flanders Smirna a Town in Turky in Asia Smolensko a Town in the Dukedom of Smolensko Smolensko Dukedom with that of Novogrod-Sevierski in Poland Soczow a Town in Moldavia Soloturn a Town in the Canton of Soloturn Soloturn Canton a Province in Swizzerland Somersetshire in the Kingdom of the West Saxons Sophia a Town in Bulgaria Sorling or Silly Islands some of the British Isles between England France and Ireland Sound a straight or narrow passage in in the Baltick Sea between Zeeland and Schonen Sound Isles or Islands of the Sound in the Indian Ocean Southampton a Town in Hampshire South America or Peruviana the greatest half of America so called from it's situation southward and from the Province of Peru. South Gothland a Province in Swedeland South-Jutland a Province in Denmark South sea otherwise Pacifick sea on the South-west side of America Southern Ocean or Aethiopian Sea about the south-west side of Africk Spain a Country in Europe sometimes called by the Romans Iberia sometimes Hispania and not seldom Hesperia Spalato a Town in Dalmatia Spanish Netherlands or Flanders comprehend nine or ten of the most Southern Provinces of the Low Countries Spire a Town in the Palatinate of the Rhine Spiritu Santo a Town in Brasil Spiritu Santo the name of a River running through Monomotopa and Cafreria Spoleto a Town in the Duchy of Spoleto Spoleto Duchy or Vmbria a little Province in the Dominion of the Pope Staffordshire in the Kingdom of Mercia Stalimene a Town in the Isle of Stalimene Stalimene once Lemnos an Island in the Mediterranean Sea towards Romania Stantz a Town in the Canton of Underwalden State of the Church or Dominion of the Pope a great Province in Italy Sterling a Town in South Scotland Stetin a Town in
Pomeren Stiria a Province in the Southern part of Germany Stives a Town in Livadia formerly known by the name of Thebes Stockholm a Town in Sweden Stolp the name of a company of Hills in Muscovy anciently called Riphaeen Mountains Straights of Anian between Asia and the Land of Jesso an unfrequented Country near America Northward traights of Gibraltar between Spain and Barbary joyning together the Western Ocean and Mediterranean Sea Straights of Magellan between America and that great Continent called Terra Magellanica Straights of Negropont or the Euripus an Arm of the Sea separating the Isle of Negropont from Livadia Stralzund a Town in Pomeren Strazburg a Town in Alsace Strom a Town in the Isle of Fero. Stutgart a Town in the Duchy of Wirtenberg Suaquem a Town in Abissinia Suevia or Schwaben a Province in Germany Suez or Calzem a Town in Egypt Suffolk a County in the Kingdom of the East Angles Sundrio a Town in Valtoline Surat a Town in the Indian Continent Surrey a County in the Kingdom of Sussex Sussex a County in the Kingdom of Sussex Sussex one of the Seven Saxon Kingdoms in England Sweden a Province in the Kingdom of Sweden or Swedeland Sweden or Swedeland a Country in Europe Swerin a Town in Mecklenburg Switz a Town in the Canton of Switz Switz Canton a Province in Swizzerland Swizzerland a Country in Europe near France Swol a Town in Overissel T TAdousack a Town in Canada Taio or Tagus a River in Spain Tamaraca a Town in Brasil Tanais or Don a River in Muscovy and upon the Frontiers of Little Tartary Tangier a Town in Barbary Tanguth or Campion a Town in Cathay Targa or Zaghara a Town in Zaara Targorod a Town in Moldavia Targowisko a Town in Walachia Taragon formerly Tarraco a Town in Catalonia Tartar a Town in North-Tartary Tartary of the Cham otherwise Cathay part of Great Tartary Tartary Desert part of Great Tartary Tartary the Greater once called Scythia all the Northern part of Asia Tartary the Less on the South side of Muscovy a Country tributary to the Turk it was called anciently Scythia Taurica Tavila a Town in Algarves Taurus the name of several Mountains in Asia more especially some Mountains in the Western part of Turky in Asia but Ceraunius was the most ancient name Tay a River in Scotland Teflis a Town in Georgia Teissa or Tyssa a River in Turky in Europe discharging it self into the Danube Terceran Islands or Azores in the Western Ocean Terra Arctica a great unin habited Country towards the North Pole Terra di Lavoro a Province in the Kingdom of Naples Terra Incognita or Magellanica a vast Country toward the South Pole Terra Sabina a Province in the Dominion of the Pope Tesset a Town in Bildulgerid Thames a River in England Thebet a Town in a Country of the same name Thebet or Turquestan part of Great Tartary Thionville a Town in the Duchy of Luxemburg Tiber a River in Italy Tigris a River in Turky in Asia Tirole a Province in Germany Toledo a Town in New Castile Tombote a Town in Nigritia Tonningen a Town in the Duchy of Sleswick Tornia a Town in the Territories of Tornia Tornia a River in Swedeland Tornia Territories in Lapland Toro a Town in the Province of Leon. Tortosa a Town in Catalonia Toulon a Town in Provence Toulouse a Town in Languedock Touraine a Province in the Government of Orleanois Tours a Town in Touraine Transilvania a Province in Europe tributary to the Turk being part of the ancient Country of Dacia Trent a Town and Bishoprick within the Confines of Italy but depending on the County of Tirole Trent a River in England Treves a Town in the Diocess of Treves Treves or Triers Diocess in the Western part of Germany Triest a Town in Carniola Trino a Town in Monferrat Tripoli a Town in Barbary Troyes a Town in Champaigne Truxillo a Town in New Spain Tubingen a Town in the Duchy of Wirtenberg Tucuman a Country in South America Tunis a Town in Barbary Turin a Town in Piedmont Turingia a small Province in Upper Saxony Turky a Large Empire in our Continent divided into Turky in Europe and Turky in Asia Turky the Lower the South part of Turky in Europe comprehending the two ancient Countries of Greece and Thrace Turky the Vpper the North part of Turky in Europe wherein were included formerly Pannonia Illyricum Moesia c. Turquestan or Thebet part of Great Tartary Tuscany or Duchy of Florence heretofore known by the name of Hetruria a Province in Italy Tyssa or Tessa a River in Turky in Europe which runs into the Danube U VAl di Demona a Province in Sicily Val di Mazara a Province in Sicily Val di Noto a Province in Sicily Valais a Province in Swizzerland Valence a Town in Dauphiny Valenciennes a Town in Haynault Valentia a Town in the Province of Valentia Valentia a Province in Spain Valladolid a Town in New Spain Valladolid a Town in Old Castile Valona a Town in Albania Valtoline a Province in Swizzerland Venice a Town in the Republick of Venice Venice Republick a Province in Lombardy Vercelli a Town in Piedmont Verdan a Town in Lorain Vienn a Town in Dauphiny Vienna a Town in Austria Virginia a Province in New England Viterbo a Town in the Patrimony of St. Peter Viviers a Town in Cevennes Vkrania a Province in Poland Vlm a Town in Schwaben Vlster a Province in Ireland Vma a Town in the Territories of Uma Vma Territories in Lapland Vmbria or Duchy of Spoleto in the Dominion of the Pope Vnderwalden a Province or Canton of Swizzerland Vnited Netherlands or Provinces otherwise Holland seven or eight Provinces in the North of the Low Countries Volhinia a Province in Poland Vpsal a Town in the Sweden Vrbino a Town in Duchy of Urbino Vrbino Duchy in the Dominion of the Pope Vri a Canton or Province in Swizzerland Vsbeck otherwise called Ziagathay or Mauaralnahara part of Great Tartary Vtrecht a Town in the Seigniory of Utrecht Vtrecht Seigniory one of the Seventeen Provinces in Holland W WAlachia part of the ancient Dacia a Province in Europe tributary to the Turk Wales a Country in the West of England Wardhus a Town in the Government of Wardhus Wardhus Government in Norway Warsaw a Town in Mazovia Warwickshire in the Kingdom of Mercia Waterford a Town in Munster Wells a Town in Somersetshire Weser a River in Germany Wessex or Kingdom of the West Saxons one of the Seven Saxon Kingdoms in England West-Friseland one of the Seventeen Provinces in Holland West Indies by this name is most properly meant the Antego Islands and some others upon the Coast of America but sometimes all America is so called Westmorland a County in the Kingdom of Northumberland Westphalia a Province in Germany Wester 〈…〉 lantick Sea on the West side 〈…〉 rope and Africk Westro-Gothland a small Province in North-Gothland Weteravia or Weteraw a little Province in the Western part of Germany comprehended under that of Hessen Wexford a Town in Lemster Weyssel or Wistule a River in Poland Weyssenburg a Town in Transilvania White Sea or Archipelago on the East side of Greece Wiburg a Town in Finland Wiburg a Town in the Diocess of Wiburg Wiburg Diocess in North-Jutland Wight one of the British Isles near the South Coast of England Wihitz a Town in Croatia Wilna a Town in Lithuania Wiltshire in the Kingdom of the West Saxons Winchester a Town in Hampshire Windisch Marck or the Marquisate of Windes a small Province in the Southern part of Germany joyning to Carniola Windsor a Town in Barkshire Wirtenberg a Town in the Duchy of Wirtenberg Wirtenberg Duchy in the Southern part of Germany Wirtzburg a Town 〈…〉 Wismar a Town in M 〈…〉 urg Wistule or Weyssel a River in Poland Witepscki a Town in Lithuania Wittenberg a Town in the Electorship of Saxony Wolfenbuttel a Town in the Duchy of Brunswick Wolga a River in Muscovy Wolodimer a Town in Muscovy Wologda a Town in Muscovy Worcester a Town in Worcestershire Worcestershire in the Kingdom of Mercia Worms a Town in the Palatinate of the Rhine Worotin a Town in Muscovy X XAmo or Camul a Town in Cathay Y YArmouth a Town in Norfolk York a Town in Yorkshire Yorkshire in the Kingdom of Northumberland Z ZAara a Country in Africk Zaghara or Targa a Town in Zaara Zair a River in Congo Zambera a River running through Monomotopa and Cafreria Zamoski a Town in Russia the Black Zanguebar a Country in Africk Zanhaga a Town in Zaara Zant an Island in the Mediterranean Sea near Morea Westward Zara a Town in Dalmatia Zeeland formerly Codanonia an Island in the Baltick Sea Zeland one of the Seventeen Provinces in Holand Zell a Town in the Duchy of Lunenburg Ziagathay otherwise Vsbeck or Mavaralnahara part of Great Tartary Zibit a Town in Arabia Ziden a Town in Arabia Zimbaoe or Massapa a Town in Monomotopa Zittaw a Town in Lusatia Zofala a Town in Cafreria Zuenziga a Town in Zaara Zug a Town in the Canton of Zug Zug Canton in Swizzerland Zurick a Town in the Canton of Zurick Zurick Canton in Swizzerland Zutphen a Town in the County of Zutphen Zutphen County one of the of the Seventeen Provinces in Holland FINIS