The English atlas ... : with a general introduction to geography, and a large index, containing the longitudes and latitudes of all the particular places, thereby directing the reader to find them readily in the several maps.
Published / Created:
Oxford : Printed at the Theater, for Moses Pitt at the Angel in St. Pauls-Church-Yard, London, MDCLXXX-MDCLXXXIII [1680-1683]
BEIN: Imperfect: maps 43 and 46 of v.3; and 34 of v.4 wanting; 2 copies of map 36 of v.2 inserted.
Contents:
Contents (from title pages): v. 1. Containing a description of the places next the North Pole, as also of Muscovy, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, and their several dependencies -- v. 2. Containing a description of part of the empire of Germany, viz. the upper and lower Saxony, Mecklenburg, Bremen, Magdeburg, &c., Brandenburg and Misnia, the Palatinate of the Rhine, and the Kingdom of Bohemia / by William Nicolson -- v. 3. Containing a description of the remaining part of the empire of Germany, viz. Schwaben, the palatinate of Bavaria, Arch-Dukedom of Austria, Kingdom of Hungary, Principality of Transylvania, the Circle of Westphalia, with the neighboring provinces / by William Nicolson -- v. 4. The description of the seventeen provinces of the Low-Countries, or Netherlands / by Richard Peers.
Subject Terms:
Europe, Northern -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | Europe, Northern -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Atlases. | World atlases.
Contributors:
Pitt, Moses, active 1654–1696, publisher. | Nicolson, William, 1655–1727, writer of added text. | Peers, Richard, 1645–1690, writer of added text. | Jansson, Jan, 1588–1664.