Description - Geography Anatomiz'd, Or, the Geographical Grammar; Being a Short and Exact Analysis of the Whole Body of Modern Geography, After a New and Curious Method Collected from the Best Authors, and Illustrated with Divers Maps by Patrick Gordon
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1735 Excerpt: ...or Fees: If: hc Cafe be found very intricate, then 'tis refeired to 11 Men, whom they term'd the Keys of the Uland. This Island belonged once to the Scots, and in it the Bilhop of the Ides had his Cathedral; hut now the whole, together wi;h the Advowson of the Biihoprick, belongs to the Earls of Derby, who are commonly stil'd Lords of Man, though Kmes in effect; "they having all Kind of civil Powm and Jurisdiction over the Inhabitants, but still uuder the Fief and Sovereignty of the Crown of Ene.'axd. . 5. Anglesey. THIS Island (ihe celebrated Mona of the Romans, and ancient Seat of the Druides) is bless'd with a very fruitful Soil, producing most Sorts of Grain (especially Wheat, in such Abundance, that the Wtlch commonly term it, Man mam Gymry, i. e. Mon, the Nursery of Walei, because that Principality is frequently supply'd from thence in unseasonable Years. 'Tis commonly reckon'd as' one of the Counties of North (Vales, and acknowledged Subjection to the Crown of England. . 6. The IJle of Wight. THIS Island (term'd by Ptolemy, Ovktitk; and by the Ra-' mam, VeSa, Fe&is, or Vt enjoys a pure healthful Air; and is generally reckon'd a very pleasant and fruitful Spot of Ground. 'Twas once honour'd (as the Ifie of hUn) with the Title of Kingdom; for Henry Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, was crown'd King of Wight by Henry VI. Anno 1445. but that Title died with himself about two Years after, and 'tis now jeckoned only a Part of Hamffiire, and is govern'd in like Manner as other, of the lesser Islands. . 7. Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney. THESE Islands, with Sark. (another small adjacent Isle) are all of WiUiam the Conqueror's Inheritance, and Dukedom of Normandy, that now remains in the Possession of the Englifi Crown. Their Soi...
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