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A59140	A new systeme of geography, designed in a most plain and easy method for the better understanding of that science accommodated with new mapps of all the countreys, regions, empires, monarchis, kingdoms, principalities, dukedoms, marquesates, dominions, estates, republiques, Soveraignties, governments seignories, provinces, and countreys in the whole world with geographical tables, explaining the divisions in each mapp / John Seller ...	Seller, John, fl. 1658-1698.	1685 (1685)	Wing S2477; ESTC R3904	48,442	207

Sea to Palus Meotis along the stream of the River Tanais to the mouth thereof and so by the River Dwina to the Bay of St. Nicholas in the white Sea Others as the Right Honourable the Earl of Castlemain in his Book of the use of the English Globe doth more Judiciously divide it thus Supposing a line drawn from the Mouth of Tan●●s Runs up the stream to Tuia Scituated on the most Easterly flexure and thence going to the nearest Banks of the Riyer Oby accompanies it till it falls in the Northem Ocean my Lord doth the rather Incline to this Division than any other because it Containes almost all the Vast Dominions of the Russian Emperour and so makes him an intire European Monarch CHAP. II. Of Europe in General EVrope although it be the least of the four grand Divisions of the Earth as appears in the Mapp of the World yet it is of the most Renowne 1. For the Temperature of the Air lying in the midst of the Temperate Zone and therefore Fertile in its soil 2. The flourishing of Arts and Sciences 3. For the Purity and Sincerity of the Christian faith The language of the Europeans is Divided into several branches or Dialects but all from three Roots or stems which are 1. The Latine 2. The Tutonick or High Dutch 3. The Sclavonian tongue Those that Branch from the Latine are the Italians French Spaniards Portagalls and those from the Tutonick are the English Dutch Swedes Danes Gothes and from the Sclavonian the Crontians Hongarïans Transilounians Russians The Kingdoms and Principal Regions are as followeth as they stand in the Table of Europe viz. England Scotland Ireland Spain Portugal France Italy Germany XV II Provinces Norway Sweden Denmark Poland Lithuania Moscovia Russia lesser Tartary Turkey in Europe The most famous Rivers in Europe are nine The Thames in England Tornia in Scandin●●ia Wolga in Muscovia the Loire in France the Rhine in Germany the Weyssel in Poland Tagus in Spain Po in Italy and the Danube in Germany and Turkey in Europe We Rank England Scotland and Ireland in the first place in Regard they owe obedience to the Stepter of our Gracious Soveraign We shall therefore Begin with the Desoription of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland not affecting that Diminutive Appellation of the British Isles as if they were Gnernsey or Jursey and no way Comporting with the Renown and Grandure of those famous Kingdomes Of Great Britain GReat Britain Containes England Scotland and Wales making the most Famous Island in the whole World It was once called Albion ab Albis Rupibus from the white Rocks apearing on the South Coast towards France from whence it was first Discovered Afterwards Britain some say from Brutus of the Trojan Race who first setled a Government here or as others will have it from Prutainia signifying Mettals because of the great quantity of Tin Iron Lead c. that is found here But others say the Britaine 's had their name from the word Brith which signifieth stained or painted by reason of a Custome the Natives had to paint their Skins all over and of several Colours that they might thereby the more Terrify their Enemies whence also the Romans called the People of Scotland Pists The whole length from Strathy-head in Scotland to the Lizard-point in Cornwall is counted 624 Miles And the breadth from the lands end in Cornwall to the Isle of Thanet in Kent is about 340. It is observed in his Majesties Teritoryes about Great Britain and Ireland there are eight Several Dialects spoken by his Majesties own Subjects viz. 1. English 2. Scotch 3. Irish 4. Welch 5. Cornish in Cornwall 6. French in Garnsey and Jarsey 7. Manks in the Isle of Man and 8. Gothish in the Islands of Suhtland Of England ENgland a name taken from the Angli a people that came in with the Saxons and not chang'd by the Danish or Norman Conquerors is the chief part of the Island of Great Britain being Divided into 40 Countys and 22 Bishopricks is Accounted in length 386 miles in breadth 279. The soil is very fertile and plentifull several of its Chief Commodities and Excellencies are Contained in this verse Anglias Mons Pons Fons Ecclesia Femina Lana England is stor'd with Bridges Hills and Wooll With Churches Wells and Women Beautifull Its first known inhabitants were the Britains who being Conquered by the Romans and afterwards over-run by the Saxons were forced to Retire into that Corner of the Kingdom called Wales where their Posterity to this day Inhabite being a Province Divided into 12 Countys and 4 Bishopricks the eldest Son of our English Kings being always Entituled Prince of Wales The forementioned Saxons Divided the whole Realm into seven Kingdoms and were much oppressed for a long time by the Danes but at last being united under one King were subdued by the Normans under William the Conqueror whose Successors Continue to this day Of Wales WAles is Invironed on all sides by the Sea except towards England from which it is separated from the RIVER d ee and a line drawn to the RIVER WYE But Anciently it Extended to the RIVER SEVERNE Eastward for Offa King of the Mercians forced them to leave the Plain Countrys beyond that River which now is called the Marches of Wales and to betake themselves to the Mountaines which he caused to be separated from England by a great Ditch called Offa's Dike in Welch Claudh-Offa in many places yet to be seen The whole Country is Generally Mountanous and Barren yet affordeth several good Commodities and is not without many fertile Valleys which bear good Corn and breedeth abundance of small Cattle with which they furnish England as also with Butter Cheese woolen Cloth called Friezes Cottons Bays Calveskins Hides Honey Wax It is divided into 4 Circuits for the Admistration of Justice and is divided into 13 Counties wherein is contained 1016 Parish Churches 56 Market Towns and 40 Castles 230 Rivers 99 Bridges 32 Parks 13 Forrests 1 Chase Also these hills are famous for their height viz. Snowden Plinillimon Brechin Moylvodian Brethen Caddoridrie Rarduvaure Monuch Dennye and Penm●n-Maur Of Scotland SCotland is the Northern Part of Great Britain longer then England but not so broad much colder and less Fruitfull the whole Containing 35 Shires is Divided into Lowlands which speak a kind of Barbarous English and the High-lands whose language is very neer the same with the Irish This Realm upon succession of King James to the English Crown became united to that Scepter and are Joyntly stiled Great Britain It s Chief Commodities are Course Clothes Frieses Fish Hides Lead-Ore and here are four Universities Edenbrugh Glascow St. Andrews and Aberdeen two Arch-Bishops and eleven Bishops As to their Courts of Justice they are peculiar to themselves the chief of which is the Session or Colledge of Justice onsisting of a President 14 Senators 7 of the Clergy and as many of the Laity unto which was afterward joined the

and Judaism Mahometism possesses Barbary Biledulgerid Egypt Zaara the desart part of the Negroes and a good part of Zangubar Paganism holds part of the Negroes Nubia and Guinea and all the Lower Ethiopia with the Cafrees and some mixture otherwhere Christianity holds in Africa almost all the whole Empire of the Abissines and part of Egypt and by the Portugals in their several Factories and Colonies that they have upon the Coasts of Africa As for Judaism it is scattered in many Cities on the Coast of Barbary as at Morocco Fez Algier c. Likewise in Egypt and on the Confines of the Abassines CHAP. II. Of the Country of Africa in particular Of Barbary THe People in Barbary are of a duskish or blackish Complexion of Stature Tall and well proportioned they are of an Active Disposition for Horsemanship otherwise excessive idle they are very subtil close perfidious inconstant Proud much addicted to Luxury and therefore by consequence very jealous of their Wives whom they keep with great severity and that the more according to their handsomness Their Religon is Mahometism and are for the most part inclined to Literature and Arts. The Moores of Fez and Morocco are well disposed strong active and yet melancholly they may marry four Wives and as many Concubines as they can keep Here the women at the death of their friends assemble themselves together habit themselves in Sackeloath and Ashes and sing a Funeral Dirge to the praise of the deceased and at the end of every Verse howl and cry and this they do for seven days together Of Billedulgerid BIlledulgerid or Land of Dates hath Barbary on the North from whence it is separated by Mount Atlas on the south Zaara on the west the great Ocean Sea and on the East Egypt The Air is healthful they live long are deformed and are held base people ignorant of all things are addicted to Theft Murther and are very deceitful they feed grosly and are great hunters they acknowledge Mahomet Of Zaara ZAara is an Arabian name and signifie Desart The Country is generally hot and dry it hath but little water except some few wells and those salt if there falls great rains the Land is much better but besides the leanness of the soil there is sometimes such vast quantities of Grashoppers that they eat and ruine all that the earth produceth It is so barren and ill Inhabited that a man may travel a week together without seeing a tree or scarce any grass or water The People are Bereberes and Africans almost all follow Mahometism This great desart is divided into five principal parts as is shewed in the Table and Map Of the Land of Negroes THe Negroes are People about the River Niger which hath taken its name from these people and these people from their Colour In this Division are placed several Kingdoms as you will find marshall'd in the Table and what is remarkable in them we shall briefly touch Some of the Kingdoms are rich in Grain Cotton Cattle and Gold the Country of the Negroes is esteemed as fertile as those watred with the Nilo it bears twice a year and each time sufficient to furnish them with Corn for five whole years which makes them not sow the Lands but when they judge they shall have need they keep their Corn in Pits and Ditches under ground which they call Matamores The People are generally idle and ignorant but bear great respect to their Kings Of Guinea GVinea is that part of the Coast of Africa which is found between the River Niger and the Equinoctial Line This Coast from East to West is 7 or 800 Leagues long and not above 100 or 150 in breadth The Soil of Guinea very fertile and for the most part bears twice a year because they have two Summers and two winters The Comodities of the Country are Gold and Elephants Teeth in great abundance in Wax Hides Cotton and Ambergreese and for these Commodities they barter for course Cloath both Lannen and Woolen Red Caps Freez Mantles and Gowns and leather bags Guns Swords Copper Bars and Iron Knives Hammers Axes c. The Inhabitants go naked save about their Waste they tye a piece of Linnen yet very proud and stately in matters of Religion great Idolaters worshiping Beasts on this Coast are several Factories belonging to the Royal African Company Of Congo TO the southward of the Equinoctial Line and unto Cape Negroe lies the Kingdom of Congo and is said to be the fairest of the lower Ethiopia The Inhabitants are naturally very sweet and are able and strong of body but dull and idle their money is of grey shells their Grains Fruits Waters Fowl Sea and River Fish are excellent they have store of Elephants Mines of Silver Iron Chrystal Marble Jaspar Porphyre c. They know no History but by the Reigns of their Kings The most famous Rivers of this Kingdom are the Zaer the Lelunda the Zair descends from the Lane of Zair from whence also descends the Nile The Zaer hath 400 Leagues Course and is very Rapid by reason of the Cataracts or great falls which it hath from the Mountains Of Biafara BIafara is a Kingdom in the lower Ethiopia in the Gulf of St. Thomas by our English-Seamen called the Bight the people very Barbarous their habits made of Mats they adict themselves to Witchcraft and sometimes sacrificing their children to Devils Of Monomotapa THE Monomotapa that is the Emperor King or Soveraign of Motapa and possesses an Empire so great that it is 1000 Leagues Circuit this Prince deports himself with gravity and that there is no access to his person but with very great submissions he is alwayes adorned with Chains and precious stones like a woman The Inhabitants are all black of mean Stature and excellent good footmen that they are said to out-run horses The Woods have great store of Elephants as also other Beasts rich Pastures well surnished with Cattle plenty with Grains Fruits Fowl and is well watered with Rivers in which are abundance of Fish the Air temporate their summer is when we have our winter and their winter is when we have our Summer Of the Abissines THE Empire of the Abissines Heylin makes to be the Dominions of Prester John and saith he is of such great force that he is able to raise upon a sudden occasion a million of fighting men his Government is absolutely Tyrannical The people profess the Christian Religion which was first made known to them by the Eunuch of Queen Candace who was baptized by Philip the Evangelist and more generally by the Preaching of Saint Mathew the Apostle since which they have much swerved from the Purity of the true Religion by their many Corrupt Opinions they keep many of the Ceremonies of the old Law they keep the seventh day Sabbath according to the fourth Commandment they allow their Priests no yearly maintenance neither will they suffer them to beg they get their livelyhood by their own labour

and but little water there falls little raine it abounds with all things needfull for life it produceth great store of Corn and other Pulse and Grain Oyl excellent Wine Sugar and Cotten-Wool Honey Turpentine Verdigreace Brass and all Sort of Mettals Salt and Grogrames of Goats hayre the Women Lascivious This Kingdome is Divided into 11 Provinces the Chief City is Nicosia adorned with sair Churches and sumptuous Pallaces it was once in the Possession of the Venetians but now under the Turk Of Majorca and Minorca TWo Istands about 60 miles from Spain the first 300 the second is 150 Miles in Circuit and both Indifferent Fruitfull Of Cephalonia and Zant THese Islands each of them are in Compass 60 Miles or there abouts they have plenty of Currans and Oyl and Wine and are under the Venetians Of Germany GErmany is Divided into two parts High and Low High Germany is bounded on the West with France and Belgium on the North with Denmark and the Baltique Sea on the East with Prussia Poland and Hungary and on the South with the Alps and Italy The Country is almost Square each side being 650 Miles it hath one General Governour called the Emperour a Name derived from the Ancient Roman Emperours but retains very little of that Power for most of the other 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 Soveraign Monarch The Principal Regions are presented to you in the Table of Germany the whole Country abounds with most things necessary for Life Its Commodities are Mines of Silver an 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 Complexions but somewhat corpulent as for their Diet There is this Proverb The Germans have much meat but Sluttishly drest The French little but neatly Cookt The Spaniards neither one nor the other The Title of the Father descends to all the Children every Son of a Duke is a Duke every Daughter a Dutchess For Religion some are Papists others Protestants which latter are again divided into Lutherans and Calvinists Of the Seventeen Provinces LOwer Germany is that which is called Belgium or the Netherlands and 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 Freesland and on the South with the Some Champaign and Lorrain containing in all Seventeen Provinces But we shall only speak here of the seven United Provinces or Dutch Common-Wealth The Names of which are Holland Zealand Vtrecht Over-Issel Zutphen Gronixgen and West-Friesland which was first made in the year 1581. on their Revolt from their Ancient Soveraign 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 being a People very Industrious they have attempted to Grasp the Trade of this part of the World into their hands In these Provinces the Women govern all both within doors and without and make all bargains which makes them injurious and Troublesom the Eldest Daughter is of the greatest Reputation yet hath no larger Portion then the rest they Marry Noble with Ignoble young with old Master with Servants and into strange Townes and Forreign Countrys There are within Holland also a great Number of Lakes and standing Waters They want both Corn Wine Oyl Wood Wool Hemp Flax and almost all other Commodities and yet there is not any Countrey in the North which abounds so much as Holland and Zealand in almost all the forementioned Commodities so great is the Advantages these Provinces receive by the Sea The ten Catholick Provinces or Spanish Netherlands THe ten Spanish Provinces are these Flanders Limburg Luxenburg Brabant the Marquesate of the Holy Empire Artots Henault Namurs Meckline and Gerderland The Soil is very Fruitful and mightily Peopled but exceedingly wasted and impoverished by the late Wars and Incursions made in their Country by the French King In these Countrys belonging to the King of Spain are 208. Walled Townes 150. Townes priviledged as walled Townes 6300. Villages with Parish Churches besides a great Number of Villages and Hamblets There are five principle Rivers in the seventeen Provinces The Rhine the Meuse the Scheld the Haa and Emes The Meuse affords abundance of Sturgeon so big that some of them weigh four hundred and some four hundred and twenty pounds and are twelve foot long of Antwerp Measure The Scheld doth also abound with most sorts of Fish They have divers Forrests and Woods well stored with Red and Fallow Deer Goates Wild Boares Hares Coneys Badgers Wolves Foxes c. which yeild good Furrs The Fowl in these Countries are Partridges Feasants Turtle-Doves Quailes and any sort of Birds as we have in England The two Principal Cities in these Countreys are Amsterdam in the Seven United Provinces and Antwerp in the Ten Provinces Amsterdam standeth upon the Gulf Tye and is built upon Piles under the Ground as Venice is so that the buildings under ground are more chargable then above It is very rich in Merchandise the buildings are very Sumptuous and Fair. Antwerp lyes on the right side of the Scheld it flourisheth exceedingly in the Number of Inhabitants in beautiful Buildings and in Merchandizing which is chiefly occasioned by the the Commodiousness of the Scheld it being a River of so great bredth and depth and Ebbing and Flowing so far into the Sea Of Norway Norway the Western parts of Scandanavia is a place very Barren and Mountainous so that instead of bread the People eat dried Fish which we call Stock-fish They export Furs Train-Oyl Timber Deals Clapboard It is a Kingdom of it self and divided into five Governments or Provinces 1. The Government of Bahus the chief Towns Bahus and Maerstrand 2. That of Agger the chief Towns is Agger Opslo and Frederick Stadt 3. That of Bergen the chief Town Bergen the Residence of the Vice-Roy 4. The Government of Dronthem the chief Town Dronthem the Seat of the Ancient Kings of Norway 5. Wardhuyse the chief Town Wardhuyse near the North Cape of Norway The Normegians are little given to si●kness and are of a strong Constitution their great inclination to Sorcery makes them have the Reputation of selling the VVinds to the Scamen Of Sweden THe Kingdom of Sweden hath on the East Muscovia On the West the Dofriae-Hills that part that side from Norway on the North the Frozen Seas and on the South the Baltick The Country is little less then Italy and France put together The People are good VVarriers and live hardly the Ayr is sharp but so salubrious that it is ordinary for men to live 100 years It aboundeth with Lead

they administer the Ordinance of the Lords Supper to Infants presently after they are Baptized they Baptise themselves in Ponds and Lakes every Ephiphany day supposing that to be the day that John Baptized Christ in Jordan Titles of the Emperor as Dr. Heylin doth inform us are as followeth viz. Supream of his Kingdoms and the beloved of God the Pillar of Faith sprung from the stock of Judah The Son of David the Son of Solomon the Son of the Column of Sion the Son of the seed of Jacob the Son of Mary the Son of Naha after the flesh the Son of St. Peter and St. Paul after the Spirit Emperour of the higher and lower Ethiopia t. Of the Islands Belonging to AFRICA THose that are situate in the Occidental or Atlantick Ocean may be Marshall'd into three Bodies of Islands viz. the Islands of the Azores the Canaries and the Islands of Cape de Verde Of the Islands of Azores THe Azores are nine in number which are 1 St. Michael 2. St. Maries 3. Tercera 4. St. Gratiosa 5. St. George 6. Foial and 7. Pico 8. Flores and 9. Corvo The Air of these Islands is gegerally good they are well stored with Flesh Fish and Fruits Of the Canary Islands THe Canary Islands are in number seven The Names are as followeth viz. 1. Lancerotta 2. Forteventura 3. Canaria 4. Teneriffa 5. Palma 6 Ferro and Gomera These Island abounds in excellent Wines Honey Wax Sugar Oade Lawrel-trees Dragon-trees out of which they draw a Red Liquor called by our Apothecaries Sanguis Draconis Also Corn and Sugars and all sorts of Fruits stored well with Cattle and is therefore the victualling place of the King of Spains Plate-Fleet To the Northward of these Islands lyeth the Island of Madera belonging to the Crown of Portugal The Air very wholsom refresht with pleasant Fountains and Rivers it yields also a pleasant Wine called Madera Wine The Islands of Cape de Verd. THese Islands are in number ten bearing the name of 1. St. Mayo 2. St. Anthonyes 3. St. Vincent 4. St. Luce 5. St. Nicholas 6. Isle de Sal 7. Bana Vista 8. Isle de Fuogo 9. Brava 10. St. Jago Some of these Islands yields good store of Salt but the Air of them is not very wholsome Princes Island yields Fruit Sugar and Ginger and is the Revenue of the Prince of Portugal and therefore called Princes Island Annobon yields Sugars Cottons Cattle and Excellent Fruits and Oranges Inhabited by Portugalls St. Helena lying in sixteen degrees south latitude belonging to the East-India Company well furnished with good water which alone is a great refreshment to the Ships that return from India the Valleyes are very Fertile the Air healthful that sick persons are in a short time restored to their health There are also in this Sea the Islands of Ascention and St. Mathewes affording Fowls and Wild Beasts but not Inhabited Zocatora and Babel Mandel lies towards the Red Sea where the passage is narrow and most convenient from the Coast of Africa Zocatora near Cape Gauderfu is under the Jurisdiction of an Arabian King it is a good Road and hath convenient Bays where Ships may ride secure among the very Rocks It affords excellent Fishing Cattle in great abundance and is famous for the quantity and goodness of its Aloes Of Madagascar THe Island of Madagascar is the bigest of all the Islands that belong to Africa The Air is temperate the soyl produces several sorts of Grains and Trees the Waters excellent the Fruits delicious The Mountains are full of wood Pasturage and Plants c. The Natives very black and of Rude Behaviour partaking of the Customs and Manners of the Africans A General Description OF AMERICA CHAP. I. AMERICA so called from one Americus Vespucius who following the Steps and Examples of Columbus and Cabot Discovered a part of this great Continent which might as properly have been called Columbana Sebastiana or Cabotia but most improperly the West Indies It is bounded on the East with the Atlantick Ocean on the West with the Pacifick Ocean on the South with Terra Australis Incognita from which it is separated by the Streights of Magellan The North bounds of it not hitherto so well known as that we can certainly affirm it to be an Island or Continent The Natives are Fair and Clear little inclining unto Blackness being generally Tall and well proportioned their Eys little and black strong and healthful for the most part Naked unless a Cloth about their Waste Their Language high and lofty in signification for one Word serveth instead of two or three the rest are supplied by the understanding of the hearer Their Houses are Mats or Bark of Trees set on Poles in a fashion of our English Barnes they lie on Reeds or Grass As to the other Rights and Customs I shall mention in the respective place For their Original 't is supposed to be of the Jewish Race that is of the Stock of the Ten Tribes and that for the Reasons following 1. They were to go to a Land not planted or known 2. Their Countenances and Children resemble the Jews 3. They also agree in several Rites and Ceremonies for they reckon by the Moon 4. They Offer their first Fruits 5. Many words they have of the Hebrew Ideom amongst them 6. They have a kind of Feast of Tabernacles 7. They are said to Build their Altar upon Twelve Stones 8. Their Mourning is a Year 10. Customs of Women as to their Separation from their Husbands after the manner of the Law of Moses It is commonly divided into Two Parts viz into South and North America the several Colomes thereof take as follow CHAP. II. Of South America in Particular Of Magellanick Land IT lies upon the Southernmost part of America near the Streights of Magellan whose Name it still bears It is a very poor Countrey much subject to Cold the Natives live in Caves We have the Names of some places as 1. Desaguadore and 2. Magellanick but having no perfect knowledge of them I can say little thereto Of Paraguay PAraguay or rather Plata so called by reason of a River of that Name that Waters it the Countrey is very pleasant and delightful for it abounds in Corn Vineyards Fruit Trees and Cattle in abundance places of most note are 1. St. Jago D'estra 2. Villa Rica and 3. St. Anne Of Chili CHili bears the Name of one of her Valleys much subject to Cold yet in some parts the Soil is so fertile and pleasant that no part in all America more resembles Europe it yields Ostriches Copper and the finest Gold in the World St. Jago Imperiale Baldavia and Castro are the principal places of Chili Of Peru. PEru though it gives Name to all the South America yet it is but meanly furnished with Food the chiefest thing being Maize which is not very Plentiful The Commodities are Gold Cotten and some Medicinal Drugs it is divided into 1. Quiro 2. Truxillo 3.