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Atlas, Historical Atlas of England, published by John
Andrews, 211 Piccadilly, London, 1797.
The atlas was once in the collection of the Advocates
Library, Edinburgh.
Separate records are made of some of the maps.
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printed title page
HISTORICAL / ATLAS / OF / ENGLAND; / PHYSICAL, POLITICAL,
ASTRONOMICAL, CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL, / BIOGRAPHICAL,
NAVAL, PARLIAMENTARY, AND GEOGRAPHICAL; / ANCIENT AND
MODERN; / FROM THE DELUGE TO THE PRESENT TIME. / IN WHICH
ARE DESCRIBED ITS / MINERALS, CURIOSITIES, INLAND FISHERIES
AND NAVIGATION, COMMERCE, / PEERAGES, NOBLEMEN AND
GENTLEMEN'S SEATS, &c. / INTERSPERSED WITH / GEOGRAPHICAL
NOTES and DATES for the Curious, and EXPLANATIONS to each
MAP, / in order to enable Persons of every Rank to read,
with Advantage, the / NATURAL HISTORY, ANTIQUITIES, POETRY,
BELLES LETTRES, and GEOGRAPHY OF THIS COUNTRY. / TO WHICH
ARE ADDED, / A PHYSICAL MAP of the TERRESTRIAL GLOBE, / To
shew the CONNECTION of the great CHAINS of MOUNTAINS, SEAS,
and RIVERS, with those of BRITAIN; / AND / A POLITICAL CHART
of EUROPE, / To shew the NAVAL and COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE
between this COUNTRY and the CONTINENT. / Delineated in a
Series of Interesting Maps, the Result of a Variety of
Critical Researches. / BY JOHN ANDREWS, / GEOGRAPHER,
LAND-SURVEYOR, MAP-SELLER, AND ENGRAVER. / LONDON; / PRINTED
BY J. SMEETON : / Sold by the Author, No.211, facing AIR
STREET, PICCADILLY. / (Entered at Stationers Hall.) /
1797.
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