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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59127	Atlas minimus, or, A book of geography shewing all the empires, monarchies, kingdomes, regions, dominions, principalities and countries in the whole world / by John Seller ...	Seller, John, fl. 1658-1698.	1679 (1679)	Wing S2465; ESTC R13141	22,188	159

〈…〉 Licensed R. L●estrang Atlas Minimus or A Book of GEOGRAPHY Shewing all the Empires Monarchies Kingdomes Regions Dominions Principalities and Countries in the whole World By John Seller Hydrograph r to the King HONI SOIT 〈◊〉 MAL Y PENSE And are sold at his House at the Hermitage in Wapping and in Pope's head Alley in Cornhill 〈◊〉 Clark ●●ulp A Geographical Description OF THE WORLD The World by which according to the more common acceptation of the Word in this place we mean only the Globe of the Earth and Sea● is divided into four parts Europe Asia Africa and America Of each of which severally and the respective Countries therein we shall here give you a brief Description And first Of EUROPE EVrope so called from Europa Daughter of Agenor King of the Phenecians brought hither as the Poets feign by Jup●ter in the shape of a Bull but as Historians Record by a Cretan Captain named Taurus which gave occasion to that Fable Though it be the least of the four grand Divisions of the Earth is yet of most Renown 1. For the Temperature of the Air. 2. Fertility of the Soil 3. The Flourishing of Arts and Sciences And lastly For the Purity and Sincerity of the Christian Faith Its Kingdoms and principal Regions are as follow 1. GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND We rank these in the first place not only in regard they owe Obedience to the Scepter of our Gracious Sovereign but also for that either Salubrity of Air plenty of all things necessary to humane Life or other Advantages they need not give place to any Contry in the Universe Great Britain contains England Scotland and Wales making the most famous Island in the whole World It was antiently called Albion ab Albis Rupibus from the white Rocks appearing on the South Coast towards France from whence it was first discovered Afterwards Britain some say from Brutus of the Trojan Race who first settled a Government here or as others will have it from the Greek Word Prutania signifying Metals because of the great quantity of Brass Tinn Lead Iron c. that is found here The whole length from the Strathy-Head in Scotland to the Lizard-Point in Cornwa● is counted 624 Mi●es and the breadth from the Lands-end in Cornwal to the Isle of Tenet in East Kent 340. England a Name taken from the Angli a People that came in with the Saxons and not chang'd by the Danish or N●rman Conquerors is the chief part of the Island being divided into 39 Counties and 22 Bishopricks is accounted in length 386 Miles in breadth 279 and the Circumference 1532. The Soil is very fertile and plentiful and several of its chief Commodities and Excellencies are expressed in this Verse Anglia Mons Pons Fons Ecclesia Femina Lana England is stor'd with Bridges Hills and Wooll With Churches Wells and Women beautiful Its first known Inhabitants were the Britains who being conquered by the Romans and afterwards over-run by the S●xons were forced to retire into that Corner of the Kingdom called Wales where their Posterity to this day inhabit being a Province divided into 13 Counties and 4 Bishopricks The eldest Son of our English Kings being always entituled Prince of Wales The before mentioned Saxons divided the whole Realm into 7 Kingdoms and were much oppressed for a long time by the Danes but at last being uni●ed under one King were subdued by the Normans under William the Conqueror whose Successors continue to this Day Scotland is the Northern part of Britain longer than England but not so broad much colder and less fruitful The whole containing 25 Shires is divided into the Low-Lands which speak a kind of barbarous English and the High Lands whose Language is very near the same with Irish This Realm upon s●ccession of King James to the English Crown became united to that Scepter and are jointly stiled Great Britain It s chief Commoditi●s are course Clothe● Freezes Fish Hides Lead Ore c. Here are four Universities Edinburg Glasco St. Andrews and Aberdeen Two Arch-B●●hops and eleven Bishops Ireland Is the biggest Island in Europe after Britain the West of which lies towards Spain containing in length above 300 miles and in breadth about 150 miles It neither breeds nor will harbour any Venemous Creature The Soil is very good and by the late Industry of the Inhabitants now the greatest part English the whole Country begins to grow Rich and Flourishing as the populous and fair New Buildings at Dublin and other places demonstrate 2. Of IT ALY. Italy The most famous Region of Europe very much resembles in shape the Leg of a Man a most pleasant and goodly Country commodious for Trassique and very fertile 'T is bounded on the East with the Adriatick Sea South and West with the Tyrrhene Sea and North with the Alts being in length about 1020 mile● but in breadth not above 410 at the broadest It abounds with Corn Wine and Oyl yields plenty of Almonds Pomegranates c. The whole Country seeming but as an intire Garden The People were antiently famous for their Valour and Prudence and are still Honourable Courteous Grave and very obliging to Strangers yet much inclined to Jealousi● Wantonness and sharp Revenge sparing in Diet but Neat their greatest Expences are about their Gardens Here about 1600 years ago the Latin Tongue flourish●d being vulgarly spoken but afterwards by the Invasions of the Goths Vandals and other barbarous Nations the common Speech became mixed and degenerated which at this day we call the Italian and yet is still a most delicate Noble and Courtly Language The Capital City is Rome once Mistris of the World in Temporals and still protending to be so in Spirituals In compass about 11 miles but full of Gardens and waste Grounds so that 't is supposed not to contain above 200000 Souls two parts in three of whom are Clergy-men and Curresans But in the flourishing of the R●ma● Empir● i● contained 50 miles in compass and not fewer than three or four Millions of People if we cre●it Lipsius After the Emperors removed their Se●t to Constant ●●tle the Bishop of Rome taking advantage of their Absence be pretended donation from Constantine made himself absolute Prince of a great part of Italy called St. Peters Patrimony and the L●nds of the Church and the rest in time became a ●onized into feveral petty Principalities States In the bottom of the Adriatick now called the Gulf of Venice stands the famous City and Virgin Common-wealth of Venice scituate on many Islands and the Water running through every S●●ee being in compass 8 miles containing 70 Parishes many excellent Palaces and curious Buildings 3. Of TVRKY in EVROPE The Turk having now a great part of Europe under his Dominion we thought fit to represent those several Regions together As 1. Thrace now called Romania In which stands Constantinople the Seat of the Ottoman Empire by them alled Stambolda and oft-times the Port from the largeness and

conveniency of the Haven This City is situate as if designed for Empire overlooking Europe and Asia commanding the Euxine Sea Propentis and Heliespont being in compass about 18 miles and supposed to contain 700000 living Souls First taken from the Christians by Mahomet the Great in the year 1452. 2. Greece The Antient Mother of Philosophy and Learning but now reduced by Turkish Slavery to Barbarism and Ignorance yet they still profess Christianity and disown the Supremacy of the Pope of Rome being govern●d by four Patriarks viz. 1. Of Alexandria who presideth over Egypt and Arabia for the Communion of the Greek Church extends through many Regions 2. Jerusalem 3. Antioch 4. Constantinople but still all pay a Tribute about 5 s. sterling an Head per Annum to the Grand Seignior for liberty to exercise their Religion As likewise do those Protestants which dwell within his Dominions in Hungary and thereby live much more happily than their Brethren who are under the Emperor so far does Popish Cruelty exceed Turkish 3. Moldavia and Walachia Two Provinces situate on the River Danubius and between Transilvania and the Euxine or Black Sea the Inhabitants speak a kind of barbarous Latine but so corrupted that it is scarce to be understood 4. A great part of Hungary the rest appertaining to the German Empire The People thereof are Valiant but rude of Behaviour they use the Scythian Language but most of them also speak Latin and for the greater part are of the Reformed Religion 5. Candie Of old called Crete an Island in the Aegean Sea being 650 miles in compass whence formerly came all our Muscadel Wines but it being taken some Years since from the Venetians by the Turks who are prehibited Wine by their Alchoran the Vines are destroyed or neglected so that there is now none of that Wine brought over 4. Of the EMPIRE of GERMANY Germany is divided into the Higher and ●ower which latter is called Belgium or the Netherlands Belgium or the Netherlands is bounded on the East with the River Ems and part of High Germany on the West with the German Sea on the North with East-Friesland and on the South with the Some Champaigne and Lorrain Containing in all 17 Provinces but we shall only speak here of the seven Vnited Provinces or Dutch Common-wealth The Names of which are Holland Zealand Vtrecht Over-issel Zatphen Groningen and Gelderland which Union was first made in the Year 1581 on their revolt from their Antient Sovereign the King of Spain against whom by the great Assistance of the English and Princes of Orange they waged War many Years so successfully that he was at last forced to treat with them as a free State These Countries are exceeding populous and have attempted to grasp the Trade of this part of the World into their Hands being a People very Industrious Crafty c. High-Germany is bounded on the West with France and Belgium on the North with Denmark and its Seas on the East with Prussia Poland and Hungary and on the South with the Alpes and Italy It abounds with most things necessary for ●ife In particular Its Commodities are Mines of Silver and other Inferiour Metals Wines and fresh Fish Quick-Silver Allom c. The People are Honest Laborious and Sincere stout Drinkers and good Souldiers The Women of indifferent Complexion but somewhat Corpulent As for their Diet there is this Proverb The Germans have much Meat but fluttishly drest The French little but neatly cook't The Spaniard neither one nor the other The Title of the Father here descends to all the Children every Son of a Duke is a Duke every Daughter a Dutchess Whence comes that Italian Joque The Dukes and Earls of Germany The Dons of Spain The Mounsiers of France The Bishops of Italy The Nobility of Hungary The Lairds of Scotland The Knights of Naples and the younger Brethren of England all make but a poor Company For Religion some are Papists others Protestants which latter are again divided into L●therans and Calvinists This Country is almost square each side being in length about 650 miles and hath one Governor General called the Emperor a Title derived from the Antient Roman Emperors but retains very little of that Power For most of the under Princes are absolute in their respective Dominions whence this mighty Body by reason of various Interests and Differences becomes nothing so formidable as it would be if firmly united under one Sovereign Monarch 5. Of FRANCE The Kingdom of France is for one intire thing one of the most rich and absolute Monarchies of the World being in Figure almost a Square each side containing about 600 miles 't is bounded on the North with the Lower Germany on the North-west washt with the British Ocean on the West with the Aquitain Sea on the South the Pyrenean Mountains fence it from Spain towards the East it extends to the Mediterranean and full East the Alps divide it from Italy It aboundeth with all manner of good Frui●s besides great store of Fish and Fowl B●t its chiefest Commodities are four viz. Wine Salt Linnen-Cloth and Corn the less material are VVoad for dying Paper Nuts Almonds ●aces to the new Modes c. The People are generally Complemental Inconstant and rash Both their Gentlemen and Citizens live more sparingly than the English They feed most on boild or liquid Meats and are very curious in Sauces In matters of War there is an old Comparison that resembles the French to a Flea quickly skipping into a Country and as soon leaping out of it of which late Transactions afford several Instances Their Language is Amorous and they leave out many Consonants in Pronunciation occasioning this Proverb A French-man Writes not as he Pronounces Sings not as he Pricks nor Speaks as he Thinks The National Religion is Popery yet there be many of the Reformed amongst them whom they call Hugonots though of late much suppressed and debarred of their antient Priviledges The Air in the Northern part of France is purer than that of England and being not so much covered with Clouds drawn out of the Sea becomes more cold in Winter and more hot in Summer and less annoyed with Mists and Rain 6. Of several Countries bordering on FRANCE These are 1. The Catholique Provinces or Spanish Netherlands commonly called Flanders though that be but one of the ten Provinces the Names of the ot●er nine are Limburg Luxenburg Brabant the Marquisate of the Empire ●rtois Hainault Namurs West-Freisland and Mech●●n The Soil is very fruitful and mightily peopled but exceedingly wasted and impoverished by the late Wa●s between the French King and the Dutch and Spaniards 2. La Franche Conté or the free County called also the County of Burgundy is invironed with Champaign Lorrain Bressy and the Dutchy of Burgundy being in length 90 miles and in breadth 60. one of the most fertile Provinces in the VVorld The chief City is Besanson the next Dole famous for the Colledg

Boats supply the places of Horses and Camels for commerce The chief City is Alexandria a free Port heretofore much more eminent for Trade than now There is likewise Grand Cairo a City of a marvellous strength eight miles in compass and very populous 't is the greatest Market for Sattins Damasks and Taffeta's in the world but the main Commodities as precious Stones Spices Indian Stuffs Gums Perfumes Amber c. are brought hither overland by Caravans Four miles from hence are the ruins of those Pyramids which Antiquity celebrated as one of the worlds wonders The Red-sea washing this Country on the East is so called from the colour of its Sand and is in length 1600 miles The old Cities Thebes and Memphis are now known only in their ruins the Turks are Lords here and the People generally Slaves and treacherous To this Country the world owes a great part of mysterious Learning or rather is bound to blame them for spoiling natural Philosophy with a mixture of ridiculous Magick and superstitious vanities whence our Vagabond Fortune-tellers to this day take upon themselves the Title of Egyptians or Gypsies Their Priests of old were wont to express their meaning in Hieroglyphicks or odd Pictures The People received the Gospel from St. Mark which they generally retained till the coming in of the Saracens and then embraced Mahumatism which yet continues only those that still remain Christians supposed to be no less than 50000 are call'd Cophti because they use Circumcision They observe not the Lords day nor any other Festival but only in the Cities they embrace and read in their Liturgies a Gospel written as they say by Nicodemus The AFRICAN ISLES Are either in the Ethiopick or Atlantick Sea in the first is Madagascar otherwise called the Land of St. Laurence abounding with all manner of Fruits and Beasts Wild or Tame 'T is in length 1200 miles situate under the Southern Tropick The People are rude savage and treacherous their Commodities are Cloves Ginger and Silver Zocotara is an Isle lying just at the mouth of the Red-sea 60 miles in length and 24 in breadth rich in Aloes Gums and Spices In the Atlantick are St. Thomas an Island 180 miles about lying directly under the Equinoctial very plentiful for Sugar Princes Island is situate between the Equator and the Tropick of Capricorn 't is called so because when the Portugals first conquered it the revenues were alotted to the Portugal Prince The Gorgades are nine Islands situate nigh Cape viride in the Land of Negro's abounding in Goats and now usually called the Islands of Cape Verde The Canary-Isles are in number seven antiently for their fertility called the Fortunate Islands hence come our Canary Wines as also the little rare singing Birds called by that name The Grand Canary excells the rest in greatness and excellency for thither all the others repair for justice But Teneriffe exceeds in situation and same as being supposed to be the highest Land in the world the Mountain being fifteen miles high from whence in all Maps and Charts that I have published to the world I have placed the first Meridian and from thence Eastward do reckon the Longitude The Azores are in number nine of which Tercera being the greatest doth now give name to all the rest it is but eighteen miles in compass and abounds in Oad The second Isle of note is St. Michael Of the 4th part of the world called AMERICA AMerica first found out by Christopher Columbus a Genoese about the year 1486. But takes its name from one Americus Vesputius who some time afterwards made a further and more full discovery thereof This large Region is very plentiful in Fruits and sundry Creatures that the other parts of the world never knew as also in Mines but especially Silver of which the Spaniards at their first coming thither found incredible quantities and still supply Europe with that every year with their Plate Fleet. The Inhabitants are of a complexion swarthy These People are supposed to be the progeny of the Tartars with whose gross manners and ignorance they nearly agree as also in complexion or else of the ten Tribes carried away by Salmanaser America is divided by a certain Isthmus or narrow Neck of Land at Darien into two parts the one Northern called Mexicana the other Southern or Peruana Of the English Empire in AMERICA Of that part of America called Mexicana the greatest or at least the best part pays obedience to the English Sceptre As 1. New-England a very populous and thriving Colony This Plantation was first setled in the year 1623 the people are famous for the strictness of their discipline and living eminent Merchants and of great commerce in many parts of the world They coin money of their own and keep Printing Presses at Boston which is the chief Town of the Countrey which is on the main land the furthest part of the Plantations being bounded with vast Woods so that the utmost extent of the whole is not certainly known Virginia so called in honour to Queen Elizabeth our matchless Virgin Queen in whose days it was discovered is situate on the same Continent but more Southerly its Western Limits are unknown but on the North it has Mary-land and upon the South Carolina 'T is very populous and almost incredible to think what vast quantities of Tobacco is yearly brought from these Colonies to England to the happy livelihood of many thousand Families that deal in it Newfound-land noted for the plenty of Fish we have from thence lying on the South of Davis's Streights Mary-land New-York and New-Jersey are new Plantations lying between New-England and Virginia And there is lately added another Plantation called Pensilvania granted by Patent from his Majesty to William Pen Son to Sir William Pen one of our Late Admirals at Sea to him and his Heirs for ever Whose situation is at the head of the Bay of Chesopeack from 40 to 43 degrees of Latitude and five degrees of Longitude to the West Of MEXICO or NEW-SPAIN Mexico otherwise called New-Spain whence his Catholick Majesty intitles himself Hispaniarum Rex Is bounded on the East without Calfornia on the South Peruana but its Northern limits are unknown so that we cannot certainly say whether this America be a Continent or an Island distinguisht by Sea from Asia Here are abundance of Golden-sanded Rivers store of Mines Mulberry-trees Silk Honey Black Amber c. It was exceeding populous before the arrival of the Spaniards who in seventeen years as Historians tell us slew six millions of them rendring the name of Christianity which they pretended to teach them odious to these poor Heathen by their cruelties The City Mexico is the feat of an Archbishop and the Spanish Vice-Roy 't is in compass six miles and contains 600 Houses of Spaniards and as many of Indians there is an University a Printing-house and Mint the People are witty and industrious good handy-crafts-men and Rich Merchants Jucutan is 900 miles in