A General Gazetteer, or Compendious Geographical Dictionary Containing a Description of the Nations, Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Cities, Mountains, Capes, C In the Known World

Richard Brookes

ISBN 10: 1334304939 / ISBN 13: 9781334304934

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from A General Gazetteer, or Compendious Geographical Dictionary: Containing a Description of the Nations, Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Cities, Towns, Ports, Seas, Harbours, Rivers, Lakes, Canals, Mountains, Capes, &C. In the Known World

The term Universe com rebonds the whole frame of nature, to the utmost extent of Creation, but by the [or Systems is meant that portion of the universe which comprehends the Sun, planets, satellites, and comets. The Sun is the centre of this system, and there are nine planets, each in its orbit, which revolve around him. The names of these, according to their distance from the Sun, are, Mer cury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Ceres', Pallas Jupiter, Saturn, and the Georgian.

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Titel: A General Gazetteer, or Compendious ...
Verlag: Forgotten Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Einband: PAP
Zustand: New