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A28561	A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names of all the counties, provinces, remarkable cities, universities, ports, towns, mountains, seas, streights, fountains, and rivers of the whole world : their distances, longitudes, and latitudes : with a short historical account of the same, and their present state : to which is added an index of the ancient and Latin names : very necesary for the right understanding of all modern histories, and especially the divers accounts of the present transactions of Europe / begun by Edmund Bohun ... ; continued, corrected, and enlarged with great additions throughout, and particularly with whatever in the geographical part of the voluminous, Morey and Le Clerks occurs observable, by Mr. Bernard ; together with all the market-towns, corporations, and rivers, in England, wanting in both the former editions.	Bohun, Edmund, 1645-1699.; Barnard, John Augustine, b. 1660 or 61.	1693 (1693)	Wing B3454; ESTC R13938	1,110,589	500

History of this Kingdom which in the Reign of Charles IX was reckoned to contain above twenty Millions of people It has in it excluding the Conquered Countries ten Seats of Parliament fourteen Universities sixteen Archbishopricks besides Avignon and Besanzon one hundred and five Bishopricks and fifty thousand Parishes La Baye Francoise a Name given by the French to a Gulph of Guinea in Africa and to another in their New France in the North America § New France see Canada The Is●e of France Insula Franciae One of the first Provinces the French possessed themselves of in Gaul now bounded on the East with Champagne on the North with Normandy and Picardy on the West and on the South with la Beausse and Orleance A Country not great when compared with the other Provinces but yet it has given Name to all the rest which is not unusual It is generally so fruitful and delightful that the Hills are here better than the Valleys in most places of Europe The Vale of Montmorency in which Parts stands has scarce its equal in all the World This was anciently a part of Belgica Secunda The principal City of this Province is Paris and there are in it nine other very considerable Franché Comte Burgundiae Comitatus called by the French Le Comte de Bourgogne and sometime the Franche Comte by the Italians La Franc Comtea by the Germans Das Over Burgund that is the Higher Burgundy is now a Province of France and a part of the Eastern Burgundy taken more largely Bounded on the East by Switzerland and the Diocese of Basil on the North by Lorrain and part of Campagne on the West by the Dukedom of Bourgogne or Burgundy and on the South by La Bresse and Beugey The Capital of it is Dole and after it came into the hands of the Spaniards Besanson The Country where it is Mountainous affords excellent Wines and as to the rest is full of pleasant and fruitful Valleys with great plenty of fresh Streams and delightful Rivolets This Country by Rodolph the last King of Burgundy was given to Conrade II. Emperour of Germany and ever after esteemed a part of the Empire In 1101. it was given to Otho of Flanders Son to a Sister of the Emperour Conrade and by the Family of Burgundy came together with the other Territories belonging to that Family to the Crown of Spain in which House it continued till in 1674. the present King of France got the Possession of it which was confirmed by the Treaty of Nimmeguen Franci the ancient Franks for whom see Gallia France and Franconia The same is the common appellation of all European Christians among the Turks Franckendal Franchendalia Francodalia a new and well fortified City of Germany in the Lower Palatinate not above one Mile from the Rhine and four from Heidelberg to the West Taken by the Spaniards but restored again in 1652. by the Treaty of Westphalia It was built by Frederick III. Elector Palatine in 1571. and stands four Miles from Spire to the North. Surrendred to the French in November 1688. and by them in 1689. quitted and burnt Franckenlandt See Franconia Franckford Franckfort Franckfurt Francofurtum Trajectum Francorum a great and fine City of Germany It stands in the Weteraw towards the Northern Borders of Franconia upon the Mayn or Mein Moenus over which it has a Bridge five Miles from the Rhine and Mentz to the East often called for distinction Francofurtum ad Moenum and more anciently Helenopolis as appears by an ancient Inscription till the French gave it this Name from Francus a Son of Marcomirus a King of the Franks that rebuilt it In very ancient times it was an Imperial and Free City appointed for the Election of the Emperors Arnulphus was the first Emperour elected here in 887. The Mayn which passeth through it is a great and a Navigable River taking in many other noble Rivers till it self falls into the Rhine which makes this City a fit Centre of Trade for many parts of Germany and their two great Marts every year contribute very much to the same This City was called thus before the Reign of Charles the Great upon the account of the Passage the Franks had here over the Mayn though it was a City long before under another Name But the Suburb was called Saxen-hausen the Dwelling of the Saxons The Bridge is a splendid and a noble Work supported by many Arches This City was also the Seat of the Eastern Franks or Austrasia In the Suburbs or Saxen-hausen is S. Bartholomew's Church built by Pepin King of France They obtained the removal of the Mart from Mentz where it was at first hither of Frederick II. The greatest part of the Citizens are Lutherans though Roman Catholicks and Calvinists are tolerated There was a great Council held here of three hundred Bishops under Charles the Great in 797. in which the Religious Worship of Images and the second Nicene Council being misunderstood to ascribe the same Adoration to the Images as to the Prototypes were condemned and since that several others Franckfort upon the Oder Francofurtum ad Oderam is another German City in the middle Marquisate of Brandenburg upon the River Oder called so because it pays no Tolls It is thought by some to have been built by Simon the second Son of Clodomir Nephew of Simon the First Duke of the Francks under Antoninus Pius the Emperour by others to have been built in 1253. by Gedinus ab Herzberg by the Order of John I. Marquess of Brandenburg This City is famous for an University settled here by Joachim I. Marquess of Brandenburg in 1506. which Maximilian I. Emperour of Germany illustrated with many Privileges It hath also two Marts every year as well as the other It stands upon the Borders of Silesia and Lusatia four German Miles from the Confines of Great Poland to the West ten from Berlin heretofore an Imperial Free City but now exempt and under the Duke of Brandenburg Franco-castro Stratonica a Town in Macedonia at the foot of Mount Athos on the North Shoar of the Bay of Singo in the Archipelago which is also called il Golfo de Fasso and de Monte Santo by the Latins Singiticus Sinus Franco-chorium Sordisci that part of Hungary which lies between the Save the Danube and Zeguntum where Sclavonia now is Francolin Tulcis a small River of Catalonia which falls into the Iberian Sea near Tarragona Franconia by the Germans das Francken and Franckeudland is a large Province in Germany which in the Writers of the middle Age is called Francia Orientalis though it be but a small part of it This is now the first Circle in the Empire upon the River Mayn between Misnia and Thuringia to the North Nortgow or the Vpper Palatinate to the East Bavaria the Circle of Schwaben the Bishopricks of Wurtsburg Bamberg and Aichstad to the South and Mentz to the West Wurtsburg is the Capital City of this Circle the other Cities

Saviours Birth This is one of the greatest richest and best peopled parts of the Kingdom of Naples Absorus an Island and City on the Coast of Illyriam mentioned by Hyginus Abugana a Province in the Realm of Angota part of the Dominions of the Grand Negus Abuyo one of the Philippine Islands in the East-Indies between Luzonia and Mindanao in this and the rest the Spaniards have Forts and drive a great Trade with their American Territories Abutich heretofore Abydus a very eminent City of Egypt 22 Miles from Ptolemais to the North it stands upon the Nile Here was the Palace of Memnon and the Temple of Osiris so much celebrated in the ancient Poetry and Mythick History Long. 61. 20. Lat. 26. 50. Abydos a Fortress in Asia opposite to Sestos in Europe on the Hellespont both which are now called the Dardanelli made famous by the Love of Hero and Leander and by the vast Bridge here laid cross the Sea by Xerxes Abyla a Mountain in Afric answering to Calpe another Mountain in Spain on the European side of the Streight of Gibraltar they are usually call'd Hercules Pillars because they were the bounds of his Travels Westward This is now call'd by the Mariners Apes-Hill either corruptly from Abyla or as they say from the multitude of Apes there to be seen Abyso anciently Orinus is a River of Sicily which falls into the Sea between Syracusa and Pachynus or Cape Passaro the most Southern Promontory of that Island Aca Acre Acri or Acon a Sea-Port in Phenicia which was called by the Grecians and Romans Ptolemais the latter fixed here a Colony After the loss of Jerusalem in the times of the Holy War it was the Capital of that Kingdom for some time till being taken by the Moors it was intirely ruined it lies 24 Miles South of Tyrus Long. 66. 30. Lat. 33. 00. From this place the Knights of S. John of Jerusalem removed to Rhodes Acachuma the Achuma of Ptolomy a Town in Ethiopia which the Inhabitants take to have been the Residence of Maqueda Queen of Sheba Acada Sangarius a River of Bithynia Acadinus a Fountain in Sicily where they tried the verity of an Oath by writing it on a Board and throwing it into the Water where if it sunk it betoken'd it to be false Acafran otherwise Celef or Quinalaf a River of Mauritania now called Vetxilef Acamante or Acamas a Promontory on the West side of the Isle of Cyprus at this time known by the name of Crusocco or Capo di S. Epifanio Acanes two Cities of Guinea in Africa one called the Greater the other Acanes the Less Acanthus the antient Name of several Towns and Cities at this time unknown except one in Acarnania now call'd Erisso according to Sophian and another in Egypt now nam'd Bisalta Acapulco a City of New Spain in the Pacific Sea or Mar del Zur near 100 Leagues from Mexico where they usually imbark for Peru and the Philippine Islands Acarnania the antient Name of a Province of Epirus now by Niger said to be call'd Despotato parted from Aetolia by the River Achelous and Mount Pindus heretofore remarkable for the Luxury of its Inhabitants and the Excellency of the Horses there bred § A Town also there was of this Name in Sicily not far from Syracuse mention'd by Tully to have been famous for a Temple there dedicated to Jupiter which Temple was afterwards destroy'd by the Goths Acaxi a City of Japan 25 Leagues from Meaco the Capital City of that Kingdom Acaxulta a considerable Port in New Spain on the Shore of Mar del Zur about seven Leagues from S. Salvador between New Leon and S. Jago de Guatimala Accadia a Province on the North-East Coast of America part of Nova Francia seiz'd by the English and by them called Nova Scotia but return'd to the French upon the Treaty of Breda 1667. § Also a little City in the farther Principate of the Kingdom of Naples Accadie a Peninsula in New France Accara The Name of two Towns in Guinea the Greater and the Less between the River Volta and Fort S. George de Mina Accaraig or Accarig a Town in Peru near the River Parana called also the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Accaron Ekron heretofore a famous City of the Philistins now a poor Village and called by the same Name Accettura a little City in that part of Naples call'd the Basilicate Acci Guadix a City Bishoprick and Colony of Spain in the Kingdom of Granada nine Leagues from Granada East It lies at the Foot of the Mountains not far from the Head of the River Guadalentin it was taken from the Moors in 1489. The Bishop of it is under the Archbishop of Sevil. Accia a City and Bishoprick of the Island of Corsica now ruined and the Bishoprick united with that of Mariana Acdeniz the present Turkish name of the Egean Sea or Archipelago Aceldama a Field near the Valley of Tophet in Judaea to the South of Mount Sion and of the Valley of Jehoshaphat serving for a Burying-place for Strangers and Pilgrims that die at Jerusalem This Name signifying a Field of Blood was given it instead of that of The Potters Field because it was bought with the thirty Pieces of Silver which were the price of Judas his betraying our Saviour Acellaro by some call'd Abisso and Atellari the Elorus of the Antients a River in Sicily falling into the Sea near the Ruines of the old City Elorus Acerenza or Cirenza anciently known by the name of Acherontia a City of the Kingdom of Naples in the County called the Basilicate which is a part of Calabria this City lies upon the River Bradanum at the foot of the Apennine it was formerly an Archbishoprick but the City being in a declining state the See is united to that of Mateola Acerno or Acierno a little City in the Citerior Principality of the Realm of Naples 15 Miles from Salern to the East L'Acerra a City and Bishoprick of the Kingdom of Naples under the Archbishop of Naples and but 8 Miles distant from the Capital City it lies in Terra di Lavoro in the Road to Benevento Acesine a River in Sicily having its rise on the North of Mount Aetna said to be now called Cantara and Alcantara § Also the antient Name of a considerable River in Asia which falls into the Indus famous for the large Canes growing on its Banks § Another there is so nam'd in the Taurica Chersonesus or Przecop Acha Achza a River of Bavaria it flows through the Lake of Chiemeze and falls into the River Inns which last River falls into the Danube at Passaw Achacica Achachica Achiacica a Town of New Spain where there are several Mines of Silver it lies 18 Leagues North from S. Angelo Achaia is taken in a twofold signification either denoting the whole Country of Hellas or Greece still enjoying the same Appellation as well as that of Livadia by which Name also it is now call'd It contain'd the Provinces

the Sepulchre which till then had been reverenced by all Men but Jews Ever since this it has been in the Possession of the Mahometans as they at times prevailed one upon another It continued under the Sultans of Egypt till 1517 when Selim Emperor of the Turks took it from them and under this Family it is at this day called by the Turks Elkods that is the Holy City It is at this day the principal Place in Palestine seated saith Mr. Sandys on a rocky Mountain every way to be ascended except a little on the North with steep Descents and deep Valleys about it which do naturally fortifie it for the most part it is environed with other not far removed Mountains as if placed in the midst of an Amphitheatre On the East is Mount Olivet separated from the City by the Valley of Jehosaphat which also circleth a part of the North and affords a passage to the Brook of Kedron on the South is the Mountain of Scandal with the Valley of Gehinnon on the West formerly it was fenced with the Valley and Mountain of Gthon Mount Sion lay within the City which stood upon the South side of it on the East side of this Mountain stood the famous Temple and between the City and the Temple the King's Palace Mount Calvary which formerly lay without the City to the North-West is now well nigh the heart of it the visiting the Holy Sepulchre being the almost only reason why Jerusalem at this day has any being The Inhabitants of it are not many for the most part Monks and Religious Persons of all Nations miserably oppressed by the Turks who seek all opportunities to impoverish and injure them This City stands forty Miles from Joppe and the Mediterranean Sea a hundred and sixty from Damascus to the South three hundred from Grand Cairo to the North-East and four hundred from Alexandria commonly believed to have been built by Melchisedech and called Salem from him It had divers Names of old expressed in this Distich Solyma Lusa Bethel Hierosolyma Jebus Elia Vrbs sacra Jerusalem dicitur atque Salem For above eleven hundred years together this City was the Queen of the East None ever so sacred yet none ever hath suffered greater Profanations than it The Emperor Titus erected a Temple here to Jupiter Capitolinus and Adrian in derision both of Judaism and Christianity engraved a Swine upon the Gate of Bethlehem dedicated a Chappel to Venus upon Mount Calvary another to Jupiter in the place of our Saviour's Sepulchre and a third to Adonis in Bethlehem all which continued till the Reign of Constantine the Great See Bethlehem and Calvary The Church of Jerusalem is the Mother of Christendom sanctified by the Death of Christ the Descent of the Holy Spirit the Preachings of the Apostles a General Council of the Apostles in the year 49 or 50 and the Martyrdom of S. James its first Bishop The Council of Nice allowed this Church the style and dignity of a Patriarchate tho at the same time subjecting it in point of Jurisdiction to the Bishops of Caesarea But in 553. in the fifth General Council or the second of Constantinople that Subjection was reversed and not only the See of Caesarea but Scythopolis and Berytus were made subject to this Church After Christianity received its Restauration by the Arms of Godfrey of Bouillon Jerusalem bore the Title of a Kingdom which continued from the year 1099 to 1187. in the Persons of about eight Christian Kings from the said Godfrey with possession of the Lands and Rights of a Crown But Frederick II. and others after who enjoy'd the Title of Kings of Jerusalem possessed no Land in Palestine It lies in Long. 69. 30. Lat. 31. 20. according to Mr. Fuller Others say Long. 69. 00 Lat. 32. 44. Ieselbas Margiana a part of the Province of Chorasan in the Kingdom of Persia Iesi Aesium a City in the Marchia Anconitana in the Dominions of the Church which is a Bishops See immediately under the Pope it is but small and stands upon an Hill by the River Jesi six Miles from the Confines of the Dukedom of Vrbino twenty three from Ancona to the West Iesselmeer or Gislemere a City and Kingdom under the Great Mogul lying North of the Kingdom of Guzarat on this side the Ganges the City is great a hundred and twenty Miles from the River Indus to the East and the same from Guzarat to the North. The Kingdom lies amongst the Mountains Terra de Iesso or Yezo Essonis Terra a large Country towards China and Japan discovered by the Hollanders in 1643. It is joyned by some to the North parts of Japan by others separated from it by a Streight of fifteen Miles broad All agree it is of a great extent from East to West The chiefest City is Matzumay which is the Capital of a Province of the same name but no European having yet setled here it is very little known The later Voyagers have discovered a Streight betwixt Tartary and this Country which they call the Streights of Jesso Iesual another Kingdom belonging to the Great Mogul in the East-Indies betwixt the Kingdom of Patna with the River Ganges to the West and that of Vdessa with the Mountains to the East The chief City is Rajapour Iesupol a very strong Town and Castle in Podolia in Poland on the Confines of Pocuock upon the River Bistris Ieter Jatrus a River of Mysia in the Lesser Asia Ietsegen and Iesten or Jetsengo two considerable Territories or Provinces in Japan in the Island of Niphon subdivided into divers other Provinces Jetsegen has the Region of Quanto to the East and Jetson to the West The latter is bounded by Jamaisoit to the West Iex and Jexdi Hecatompylos a City of Persia If Hypaea one of the Hyeres Iglaw Iglova Iglavia Giblova a City of the Kingdom of Bohemia but in Moravia upon the River Iglaw on the Confines of Bohemia twenty four German Miles from Prague and ten from Lentz This City is reasonably well peopled Igliaco Peneius a River on the West of the Morea Ihor a City and Kingdom at the most Southern Point of the Promontory of Malacca in the East-Indies over against the Isle of Sumatra distant little more than one degree and a half from the Line in Long 129. 31. The King is a potent Prince in these parts The City Ihor is situated upon a River which falls into the Ocean near the Promontory of Sincapura where it has a good Port. Iksworth or Ickworth a Market Town in the County of Suffolk in the Hundred of Thingo retaining in its Name says Mr. Cambden the memory of the antient Iceni who dwelt in a part of this County The remains of a Priory founded by Gilbert Blunt sometime Lord of the Town and of a Guildhall are yet extant A Pot of Roman Coyns bearing the Inscriptions of divers Roman Emperors was digged up here not many years since Ila Yla Epidia one of the Western

Greek Christians who ever since the third Century have been planting their solitary Settlements here So that in the former Christian times this Mountain with Horeb had as many Chappels upon it as employed fourteen thousand Hermits to serve them but the Turks have reduced that number since The Israelites lay encamped a whole year about this Mountain Singara an ancient City in Mesopotamia near a Mountain of the same Name now said to be called Atalis It saw a severe Battel betwixt the Armies of the Emperour Constantius and Sapores II. King of Persia in 349. Singen two Villages upon Rocks almost inaccessible within a quarter of a Mile from one another in the Dukedom of Wirtemburgh in Schwaben in Germany near the Castle of Hoentwiel Sinopi Sinope a celebrated City of Paphlagonia in the Lesser Asia upon the Euxine Sea which is a Bishop's See under the Archbishop of Amisum Seated upon a small River of the same Name having two Harbors Built by Macritius a Coan about the year of Rome 125 and fell not into the Romans hands till they had conquered Mithridates who had a Palace here After this it became a Colony In later times subject to its own Bishop from whom it was ravished by the Turks who call it Sinabe It has had yet the good fortune to preserve it self in a tolerable State under those devouring Enemies of Mankind Long. 64. 00. Lat. 45. 00. Valerius Flaccus intimates its ancient Splendor where he says Assyrios complexa sinus stat opima Sinope Diogenes the Cynick Philosopher was its Native Sinuessa an antient Roman Colony in the Campagna di Roma in Italy which Ptolemy calls Soessa and Livy Synope It became afterwards a Bishop's See but is now ruined and Rocca di Mondragone is built in the place of it Baronius refers the Council in 30● that was held in the affair of P. Marcellinus to this City Sion Sèdunum a City ascribed by Pliny to Gallia Narbonensis now the Capital of Valais and called by the Germans Sitten It is a Bishops See under the Archbishop of Moutiers en Tarontaise in a pleasant Plain having only one Hill on the East side on which stand three Castles in one of them the Bishop resides There is a small River runs by it called Sitta which after falls into the Rhosne It stands fifteen Miles from Bearne to the South and fifty five from Geneva to the East The Bishop is the Sovereign of the City Earl of Valais and a Prince of the Empire who for his security is Leagued with the Seven Catholick Cantons of the Swiss the Pretensions of the Duke of Savoy to his Country having formerly occasioned long and bloody Wars The See did reside at Martigny in Chablais till the ruine of that Place and then it came to be translated hither Charles the Great about the year 802 bestowed these great Privileges upon this See Sion a Mountain and Cittadel in the ancient Jerusalem on which a part of that City was built The Knights of the Teutonick Order bore the name heretofore of the Order of our Lady of Mount Sion Sior Siorium a City in Asia the Capital of the Province of Semgad and Kingdom of Corea a Tributary Prince to the Kingdom of China It is seated sixty Leagues from the Southern Borders of that Kingdom upon a great River as Henry Hamel van Gorcum a Dutchman saith who lately published his Travels in this Kingdom This Kingdom lies to the North-East of China in a great Peninsula toward Japan and the Streights of Anian Sipbntum an old Roman Town in the Province called Capuanata in the Kingdom of Naples whose Ruines yet appear at the soot of Mount Gargano two Miles from Manfredonia It had the honour to be made an Archbishop's See but being by the Saracens in the eighth Century Earthquakes and other Misfortunes destroyed the See was removed to Manfredonia The Antients mention it under the several names of Sypus Sepius Sepus Sipontum and Sepuntum The Gulph upon the Adriatick Sea near to it took and retains its name Sirad Sirackz Siradia a City in the Greater Poland which is the Capital of a Palatinate of the same name It stands upon the River Warta six Miles from Vielun to the North twenty from Breslo to the East and forty five from Warsaw to the West Sirmish Sirmich or Zirmach Sirmis Sermium Sirmium a City of the Lower Pannonia in which Probus the Emperor was born Now called Szreim by the Natives and Sirmish by the Germans a Bishops See under the Archbishop of Colocza and the Capital of a County called by its Name in Sclavonia It lies between the Danube to the East the Save to the South Walcowar to the North and Possega to the South This City stands fourteen German Miles from Belgrade to the West about two from the Save to the North and from Esseck to the South at the soot of Mount Almus Now by the Turks reduced to a mere Village formerly famous for two Arian Councils held under Constantius the Emperor one in 351. the other in 357. Socrat. l. 2. c. 25. Long. 43. 05. Lat. 45. 24. Photinus was then Bishop of the Place whom they deposed for a Sabellian In one they omitted the Word Consubstantial in the other they forbad both the Word and the Thing Le Siron Sirio Serio a River of Aquitain in France Situs or Sidrocapsa a City of Macedonia famous for its Silver Mines and a Bishops See under the Archbishop of Thessalonica from which it stands fifty five Miles to the East towards Mount Athos Called in the latter Maps Sidrocapse but by Leunclavius Sirus Sisseg Siscia an ancient City of Pannonia and a Bishops See under the Archbishop of Colocza Now a Village in Croatia with a Monastery seated upon the Save and the Colaps in the Borders of Sclavonia two Miles from Zagrab or Agram which has robbed it of the Bishops See Under the Emperor Sisteron Seg●stero Segesteriorum Vrbs Sistarica an ancient City of Gallia Na●bonensis now a Bishops See in the Province of Provence in France great and populous built upon the River Durance where it receives the Buech in the Borders of Dauphiné twenty four Leagues from Orange to the East twenty six from Grenoble to the South and from Marseilles to the North-East Sittaw or Zitaw Setuja a City of Germany in Lusatia Sitten See Sion a City in Valais Sittia Cytaeum a City at the North-end of the Isle of Candy called Setia and Sitia which is a Bishops See small but very strong seated in a Peninsula and for the most part surrounded by the See it has a noble large safe Haven the Capital of a County and one of the four Cities of that Island but in Slavery under the Turks Siucheu a Territory in the Province of Nanquin in China Sixenne a Village upon the Borders of the Kingdom of Arragon in Spain famous for a Priory of the Order of S. John of Jerusalem sounded about the year 1188. by Queen