The general gazetteer [electronic resource] : Or, Compendious geographical dictionary. Containing a description of all the empires, kingdoms, states, republics, provinces, cities, chief towns, forts, fortresses, castles, citadels, seas, harbours, bays, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, and promontories, in the known world: together with the government, policy, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; the extent, bounds, and natural productions of each country: and the trade, manufactures, and curiosities, of the cities and towns; their longitude, latitude, bearing, and distances, in English miles, from remarkable places; as also, the sieges they have undergone, and the battles fought near them. Including an authentic account of the counties, cities, and market-towns, in England, Ireland, and Wales; as also the villages, with the days on which the fairs are kept. To this edition is added, an accurate description of the newly-discovered, islands in the south seas, from the most authentic accounts. Embellished with maps. Originally compiled by R. Brookes, M.D. Revised, corrected, and greatly improved, by W. Guthrie and E. Jones.