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23 October 2025
- 01:1301:13, 23 October 2025 diff hist −3,159 Source:Bohun2 No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 01:1301:13, 23 October 2025 diff hist +577 N Petra Created page with "=== 1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. === <blockquote>Petra, or Petra Deserti, Cyriacopolis, Mons Regalis, a City of the Stony Arabia; which was of old the Capital of the Kingdom of Ammon, and called Rabbah. Taken by King David, in revenge of the Injuries offered to his Embassadours. In the times of Christianity, it became an Archbishops See under the Patriarch of Jerusalem: at this day called by the Arabians, Kra..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 01:1001:10, 23 October 2025 diff hist +9 Libya →1682. Cosmography and geography in two parts by Richard Blome. current Tag: Visual edit
- 01:0901:09, 23 October 2025 diff hist +484 N Gago Created page with "=== 1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. === <blockquote>Gago, Gagum, a Kingdom in Nigritia, in Africa, which has a City of the same Name, upon a River falling into the Niger below Tocrut. Great, but thinly inhabited. This Kingdom lies between the Niger to the North, and Guinea to the South; rich in Mines of Gold, according to some Relations; possessed also by a Prince, who is Sovereign of the Kingdom of Tombuti.</bl..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 01:0701:07, 23 October 2025 diff hist +1,681 Franconia →1695. Thesaurus geographicus a new body of geography by Abel Swall and Tim. Child. current Tag: Visual edit
- 01:0601:06, 23 October 2025 diff hist +833 The Isle of France No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
18 October 2025
- 18:1518:15, 18 October 2025 diff hist −1,380,821 Source:Eliot Blanked the page current Tags: Blanking Visual edit
- 18:0818:08, 18 October 2025 diff hist +1,380,821 N Source:Eliot Created page with "A. ante B. ASygnifieth of, or from. Ab, and Abs, be of the same sygnification, only A, goth before a worde, which begynneth with a cōsonāt: ab and abs goth before a word that doth begyn with a vowell. Abatis, two wordes made of the preposi∣tion, a, & the ablatiue case plurell of Batus, whiche in englysshe is a measure, signifieth an officer, that hath the orderyng of mea∣sures,* 1.1 as a clerke of the markette, Abaccidentibus, an officer, vnto whome it belōgeth to..." Tag: Visual edit
- 18:0218:02, 18 October 2025 diff hist +748 N Bilbao Created page with "=== 1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. === <blockquote>Bilbao the chief City of Biscay in Spain, call'd by the Romans Flaviobriga; seated upon the River Nervio, 2 Leagues from the Cantabrian Ocean; a large, beautiful, well traded City; from S. Andreo 13 Miles to the North-East, and 24 from Bayonne to the South. Joannes Mariana is of opinion, that Bilbao is of a later Origine, and saith it was built by Didacus L..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 17:5817:58, 18 October 2025 diff hist +867 Arabia →1695. Thesaurus geographicus a new body of geography by Abel Swall and Tim. Child. Tag: Visual edit
- 17:5717:57, 18 October 2025 diff hist +308 N Sissopoli Created page with "=== 1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. === <blockquote>Apollonia Magna, Anthium, now call'd Sissopoli, is a City in a small Island in the Euxine Sea, near Thrace. Heretofore a Colony of the Milesians, and had a Temple to Apollo in it.</blockquote>" current Tag: Visual edit
- 05:1505:15, 18 October 2025 diff hist −1,510 Source:Bohun No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 05:1405:14, 18 October 2025 diff hist +984 Caspian Sea No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 05:1205:12, 18 October 2025 diff hist +8 Bochar →1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. Tag: Visual edit
- 05:1105:11, 18 October 2025 diff hist +596 N Bochar Created page with "=== 1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. === <blockquote>Bochar, or Buchar, Bochora and Buchara, an antient and a stately City of Asia, in the Province of Mawaralnahra, call'd by the Romans Trans Oxiana Regio, a days Journey beyond the River Oxus; this City was the Birth-place of Avicenna, the famous Arabian Physician and Philosopher, who flourish'd in Spain, in the X. Century. He is said to have been the first that..." Tag: Visual edit
- 04:5904:59, 18 October 2025 diff hist −58 Source:Bohun3 No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 04:5604:56, 18 October 2025 diff hist −6,014 Source:Bohun2 →descriptionPage 161 Tag: Visual edit
- 04:5504:55, 18 October 2025 diff hist +2,728 N Caspian Sea Created page with " === 1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. === <blockquote>The. Hyreanian Sea, Mare Hyrcanium, takes this ancient well known Name from this Province: but it is no less frequently called, both in Ancient and Modern Geographers and Historians, the Caspian Sea. This Sea is called by various Names according to the Countries which do border upon it. It was anciently called the Sea of Chosar, from the eldest Son of Th•gar..." Tag: Visual edit
- 04:5204:52, 18 October 2025 diff hist +4 Gilan, Province →1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. current Tag: Visual edit
- 04:5104:51, 18 October 2025 diff hist +454 N Gilan, Province Created page with "=== 1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. === <blockquote>Gilan, Gelae, Gilania, a Province of Persia, upon the South side of the Caspian Sea, which from it is often called the Sea of Gilan. The chief City of this Province is Gilan, and stands upon the River Abisirni, twenty five German Miles from the Caspian Sea: in Long. 90. 13. and Lat. 40. ''//Paris Meridian was used in the book''</blockquote>" Tag: Visual edit
- 04:5004:50, 18 October 2025 diff hist +1,938 Georgia →1695. Thesaurus geographicus a new body of geography by Abel Swall and Tim. Child. current Tag: Visual edit
- 04:4704:47, 18 October 2025 diff hist −1,043 Source:Bohun No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 04:4704:47, 18 October 2025 diff hist +991 N Derbent Created page with "=== 1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. === <blockquote>Derbent, Caucasie Portae, Porta ferrea, Alexandria, a City of Persia upon the Caspian Sea, between the Foot of Mount Caucasus and that Sea; on the Borders of Georgia, near the River Korr: called by Turks Demir, or Temir Capi; that is, the Iron Gate: not that there is any Iron Gate, but by reason of the Strength and Fortifications of this City; which are such as..." Tag: Visual edit
- 04:4504:45, 18 October 2025 diff hist +437 N Bachu, city on the Caspian Sea Created page with "=== 1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. === <blockquote>Bachu, a City of Albania upon the Caspian Sea; in the times of the Roman Empire it is supposed to have been called Albana; but there is some Controversie about it. From this City the Caspian Sea is called by some Mar di Bachu. § And there is also another City in Arabia Felix called by the same name in Ptolemy.</blockquote>" Tag: Visual edit
- 04:4204:42, 18 October 2025 diff hist −3 Source:Echard No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
4 October 2025
- 22:4222:42, 4 October 2025 diff hist +122 Russia →1695. Thesaurus geographicus a new body of geography by Abel Swall and Tim. Child. Tag: Visual edit
- 21:5821:58, 4 October 2025 diff hist −9,799 Source:Crull No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 21:5721:57, 4 October 2025 diff hist +7,900 Siberia No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 21:4421:44, 4 October 2025 diff hist +82 Russia →1691. A most compleat compendium of geography by Laurence Echard. Tag: Visual edit
- 21:4221:42, 4 October 2025 diff hist +982 N Wologda, Province Created page with "=== 1698. The antient and present state of Muscovy by Jodocus Crull. === <blockquote>The Province of Wologda, which sometime belonged to the Dukes of Novogorod, is since reunited to the Crown of Muscovy; its Capital City has the same Name with the Province, both of them having borrowed their Names from the River Vologda, which having its rise near the famous City of Novogorod Veliki, disembogues in the Baltick Sea. The City of Wologda, or Vologda, is one of the most cons..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 21:4121:41, 4 October 2025 diff hist +20 Dwina, Province →1698. The antient and present state of Muscovy by Jodocus Crull. current Tag: Visual edit
- 21:4121:41, 4 October 2025 diff hist +856 N Pleskou, Province Created page with "=== 1698. The antient and present state of Muscovy by Jodocus Crull. === <blockquote>The next considerable in Rank, tho' not in Order, of these Northern Provinces, is the Dukedom of Pleskou, having taken its Name from its Capital City called Pleskou; The Muscovites call it Pskou, from a Lake about two or three Miles distant from it, from whence arises a River of the same name, which runs by the City, and has communicated its Name not only to this City, but the whole Prov..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 21:3921:39, 4 October 2025 diff hist −6 Archangel, City →1698. The antient and present state of Muscovy by Jodocus Crull. Tag: Visual edit
- 21:3921:39, 4 October 2025 diff hist +2,548 N Archangel, City Created page with "=== 1698. The antient and present state of Muscovy by Jodocus Crull. === <blockquote>The City of Archangel, or St. Michael Archan••• an Archbishop's Seat, and now the Capital of 〈◊〉 Province, is situated at the Mouth of the River Duina on the left side as you enter it from the White Sea, where it makes the Island of Podesemski. 〈◊〉none of the largest, but withal so populous, that no other place in whole Muscovy is comparable to it, by r..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:3821:38, 4 October 2025 diff hist +926 N Dwina, Province Created page with "=== 1698. The antient and present state of Muscovy by Jodocus Crull. === <blockquote>The Second in Order of the great Northern Provinces belonging to Muscovy, is the Province of Dwina, having derived its Name from the River Duina, which having its rise at the conflux of the Rivers of Jagel and Sachona, falls into the White Sea near the City of Archangel. This Province being the greatest and most Northern on the Swedi•• side of Muscovy,..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:3321:33, 4 October 2025 diff hist −826 Source:Bohun2 No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 21:3221:32, 4 October 2025 diff hist +473 N Obdora, Province Created page with "=== 1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. === <blockquote>Obdora, a Province in the North of Moscovy, on the Frozen Sea; between the River Oby to the East, and Petzora to the West. There is never a City or Town of Note in it. The Dutch who have lately discovered its Sea Coasts, have presumed to call it Niew West Frieslandt: but they have not settled any Colonies here, and probably never will.</blockquote>" current Tag: Visual edit
- 21:3021:30, 4 October 2025 diff hist +322 N Perm, City Created page with "=== 1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. === <blockquote>Permaweliky, Permia Magna, a City in the Province of Permsky in Russia; between the Dwina to the West, and the Obb to the East; seated upon the River Kama.</blockquote>" current Tag: Visual edit
- 21:2921:29, 4 October 2025 diff hist +485 N Permia, Province Created page with "=== 1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. === <blockquote>Permie, or Permsky, a Principality in the Empire of Moscovia; very marshy and uncultivated; inhabited by a Salvage People with some few Christians, to whom about 1550. Duke John Basilowitz granted a Bishop, since changed into an Archbishop residing at Wologda, and taking his Title from Perm or Prems, the capital City of Permsky.</b..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:2721:27, 4 October 2025 diff hist −1,579 Source:Bohun3 No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 21:2621:26, 4 October 2025 diff hist +1,064 N Wolga, River Created page with "=== 1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. === <blockquote>Rha. See Wolga.</blockquote><blockquote>Uolga. See Wolga.</blockquote><blockquote>Wolga, Rha, one of the greatest Rivers, not only of Russia. but of Europe: called by the Tartars, Edel; by the Armenians, Thamar. It ariseth in the Province of Resckow, towards the Borders of Lithuania near the Lake of Wronow: and falls first into the Lake of Wolgo. Th..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:1821:18, 4 October 2025 diff hist −3,749 Source:Bohun No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 21:1821:18, 4 October 2025 diff hist +207 N Allatur Created page with "=== 1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. === <blockquote>Allatur, a Town in the Kingdom of Cazan in Moscovy upon the River Cama.</blockquote>" current Tag: Visual edit
- 21:1721:17, 4 October 2025 diff hist +4 Russia →1695. Thesaurus geographicus a new body of geography by Abel Swall and Tim. Child. Tag: Visual edit
- 21:1121:11, 4 October 2025 diff hist +977 N Ararat, Mountain Created page with "=== 1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. === <blockquote>Ararat, Arat, by the Armenians call'd Mesesousar, or the Mountain of the Ark, by the Persians Agri; is a part of the Caspian Mountains near Erivan in Armenia, and the most renowned of all others, for sustaining the Ark of Noah, after the Universal Deluge. It exceeds in height Caucasus and Taurus, carrying its head into the temperate Region, whilst some of the l..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 21:0921:09, 4 October 2025 diff hist +2,001 N Antiochia, City Created page with "=== 1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. === <blockquote>Antioch, Antiochia, call'd by the Turks Antachia; by the Arabians, Anthakia. It was built by Seleucus, the Son of Antiochus King of Syria, one of the Successors of Alexander the Great, and call'd after his Fathers Name. This City was, during the times the Greeks and Romans were possessed of it, the Capital of Syria, or rather of the East; here the Disciples..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:0621:06, 4 October 2025 diff hist −2,474 Source:Bohun No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 21:0521:05, 4 October 2025 diff hist +523 Eastland No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 21:0421:04, 4 October 2025 diff hist +1,944 N Dwina, River Created page with "=== 1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. === <blockquote>Dwina, Duna, Dzwina, a vast River in Muscovy or Russia, which riseth in the Province of Megrina, from two several Heads that unite at VVologda, one of the principal Cities of Russia; and running North-East, passeth by the Lake of Soeclina, beneath which, it receiveth from the East the River Juga; and a little lower the River VVuyma; then turning North-East,..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 21:0221:02, 4 October 2025 diff hist +304 N Cargapol, City Created page with "=== 1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. === <blockquote>Cargapol, a City of Russia upon the River Onega, or Poroga, almost 200 Russian Miles from Archangel to the South-West. This City gives name to a Province on the White Sea.</blockquote>" current Tag: Visual edit