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• 02:20, 17 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page Strasburg (Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Strasburg, Argentoratum, the Capital City of Alsatia in Germany, and one of the fairest and greatest Cities thereof. It is a Bishops See under the Archbishop of Mentz, and was for many Ages a Free and Imperial City, seated in the midst of a great Plain upon the River Ill, where it falls into the Breusche about one Mile from the Rhine, over which it hath a Timber Brid...") Tag: Visual edit
• 01:13, 16 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page Calais (Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Calais, a Town and Sea Port of France in that part of Picardy which is called the Re-Conquered Country, since it was taken from the English. Some Authors think it is the Portus Iccius of the Ancients; but Mr. Sanson says, That Boulogne was that Portus Iccius. This Town as several others had its Name from the Country its in, which was called Caletes, and some say, reaches...") Tag: Visual edit
• 01:12, 16 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page Calabria (Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Calabria, a Province of Italy in the Kingdom of Naples, with the Title of a Duchy. It is very different from what it was formerly, and is less Spatious than it was in the time of the Messapians, descended from one Messapus, who gave his Name to the Country; which afterwards took that of the Calabrians come from Great Greece. That part of the Country n•ar the Gulf of Ta...") Tag: Visual edit
• 00:54, 16 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page Bassora, City (Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Bassora, the Capital of a Kingdom called of Bassora, scituated at the farther Corner of Arabia deserta, upon the Borders of the Province of I•rak, near the River Schat-el-Arab, which is nothing but the Euphrates and Tigris joyned together. It is twelve Leagues from the Persian Gulph, which is thereabouts call'd the Gulph of Bassora. Its Port is very good and safe, and...") Tag: Visual edit
• 00:52, 16 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page Basel on the Rhine (Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Basil on the Rhine, a Town of Swisserland, Capital of a Canton; has an University and a Bishoprick depending on Besançon. Latin Authors call it, Basilea Rauracorum, but it is not the same with Augusta Rauracorum, which is Augst, a Village near Basil; Authors differ much about the Derivation of its Name: It is a rich, fair, great, and well situated Town,...") Tag: Visual edit
• 00:50, 16 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page Bari (Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Bari, a Town of Italy, in the Kingdom of Naples, situated upon the Adriatick Sea, and is Capital of a Province called the Land of Bari, some call it Barum, Barium, Bario, and Baretum. It has the Title of a Duchy and Archbishoprick, which has under it Bitunto, Malfetta, and 5 others. It is a very ancient Town, and is mentioned by Pliny, Ptolemy, and several...") Tag: Visual edit
• 00:48, 16 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page Bantam (Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Bantam, the Name of a Town in the Island of Java in the Indies; it is a very convenient Sea-port, scituated at the bottom of a Hill, whence it receives three Rivers, whereof one runs through it, and the other two by its Walls, and forms divers Canals. It has the most Traffick of any Town in the Indies: The French, the English, and the Hollanders have great Magazines...") Tag: Visual edit
• 00:47, 16 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page Bali (Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Bali, an Island of the East Indian Sea, on the Coast of Java, from which it is separated by the Channel of Balambuam. It's not above 40 Leagues in Circuit, but well Inhabited: The Men there having many Wives, so that besides the great numbers Sold thence, its reckon'd to nourish 600000: It has abundance of Cattle, Game, and Corn; As also whole Forests of Citron and Orang...") Tag: Visual edit
• 00:47, 16 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page Baleares (Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Baleares, Islands of the Mediterranean Sea, near the Coast of Valencia in Spain, known now by the Names of Majorca and Minorca. The first, which is towards the East, is 120 Miles in circuit; its principal Towns in old time were Palma and Pollentia, now Majorca and Puglienza. The other is less by the half. This Name is derived from the Greek 〈 in non-Lat...") Tag: Visual edit
• 00:45, 16 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page Baden, City in Switzerland (Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Bad•, or Baden, a Town in Swisserland, upon the River Limague, it is the Meeting-Place of the Cantons for their publick Concerns, and where foreign Ambassadors come. It's between Bale and Zurick, and is an ancient Town. It was called by the Romans Aquae Helveticae, in succeeding Ages it was called Castellum Thermarum, and Thermae Superiores; for its...") Tag: Visual edit
• 00:43, 16 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page Baden, City in Germany (Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Bade, or Baden, Bada, and Thermae inferiores, a Town of Germany in Suabia, that bears the Title of Marquisate; it is famous for its Baths, being five Leagues off of Strasbourg, and eight of Spire. This Marquisate is upon the Rhine, between Brisgaw and the Dutchy of Wirtemberg. Its Marquesses are Princes of the Empire, and are of a Noble and Ancient Family. Th...") Tag: Visual edit
• 16:59, 13 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page Brunswick, City (Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === Brunswick or Brunsvic, upon the Oker, Brunopolis Brunsriga and Brunonis vicus, a City of Germany in the Lower-Saxony, Capital of the Dutchy of Brunswic. It's pretended that it was built about 868 by Brunon Son to Alphonsus Duke of Saxony, who gave his name to it. The Emperor Henry the Fowler augmented it since, and divers other Princes have contributed in rendering it one of the bea...") Tag: Visual edit
• 13:45, 13 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page Bruges (Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Bruges or Bruggen, Lat. Bruga and Brugae, a Town of the Low-Countreys in the County of Flanders, with a Bishoprick Suffragant of Malines. It situated in a great Plain within 3 Leagues of the Sea, upon the Canal called Reye, which being divided into several Navigable Torrents runs in divers places of the City, and a...") Tag: Visual edit
• 13:42, 13 June 2026 Admin talk contribs moved page Brandenbourg to Brandenbourg, City
• 13:41, 13 June 2026 Admin talk contribs moved page Brandenburg to Brandenburg, Province
• 13:40, 13 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page Brandenbourg (Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Brandenbourg, a Country of Germany, with the Title of Marquisate, and Electorate of the Empire, betwixt Prussia, Pomerania, Meklebourg, Upper and Lower Saxony, the Duchy of Brunswick, and Lusatia. It is divided into three Parts, or Marches: e. i. Marquisates, Old Marche, or Altemark on the West of the Elb; the Middle or Mittelmark betwixt the Elb and the Oder; and the Ne...") Tag: Visual edit
• 13:39, 13 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page Brampour (Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Brampour, a City of the Province of Candis in the Empire of the Great Mogul. Most of its Houses are ruinous, but there is yet standing a great Castle in the middle of the City, where the Governor of that Province resides, and which is so considerable, that it is given to none but to the Kings Son or to his Uncle. But since the Wealth and Revenue of the Province of Bengal...") Tag: Visual edit
• 13:38, 13 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page Bourges (Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Bourges, upon the Rivers Auron and Eure, a City of France, Capital of the Province and Duchy of Berry, with a Baylwick, Presidial, Generality, University, and Archbishoprick, which hath the Title of Primacy and Patriarchate. It is the Avaricum Biturigum. or Avaricum Cuborum of the Ancients, which has also been diversly named, Biturix and Biturigum. It is certain that Bou...") Tag: Visual edit
• 13:35, 13 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page Bithynia (Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Bithynia, a Province of Lesser Asia, containing the City of Nice, famous by two General Councils; Chalcedonia, also famous by a General Council; Heraclea, Apamea, Burse, which at present is the most considerable, &c. This Country is now in Natolia, about the Black Sea, or Pontus Euxinus, and Archipelago. It hath had in times past, very potent Kings; but...") Tag: Visual edit
• 03:43, 13 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page Novogorod Veliki (Created page with "=== 1662. A Geographical dictionary in which are described... London. by Henry Brome. === <blockquote>Novogrode-Veliki, or the Great, a City and Archbishoprick in Moscovy.</blockquote>") Tag: Visual edit
• 03:31, 13 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page California (Created page with "=== 1662. A Geographical dictionary in which are described... London. by Henry Brome. === <blockquote>California, an Island near to new Mexico.</blockquote>") Tag: Visual edit
• 16:10, 3 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page Berri, Province (Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Berri, a Province of France, with the Title of Duchy, Bituricensis Provincia. It hath the Bourbonnois and the Nivernois on the East, Tourain on the West, La Marche on the South, and the Sologne on the North. The River Cher divides it into two Parts. Bourges is its Capital: The others are Issoudun, Sancerre, Argenton, la Chastre, Chateau-roux, S. Aignan, le Blanc, Gra...") Tag: Visual edit
• 16:06, 3 June 2026 Admin talk contribs created page Bergamo (Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Bergamo, Bergamum, a City of Italy, in the State of Venice, with a Bishoprick Suffragant of Milan. It is the Capital of the small Country of Bergamasque in Gaul, beyond the Po, called since Lombardy. This Country hath the Boroughs of Malpango, Sonero, Bergamo, &c. it is very strong by its Castle-walls and advantageous Situation upon a Mountain, which overlooks the Plains...") Tag: Visual edit