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25 October 2025
- 00:4900:49, 25 October 2025 diff hist +645 N Balk, Asian City Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Balk, a City in the Usbeg Tartary, seated on the River Jihun, in the Confines of the Province of Chorasun, in the Kingdom of Persia, between Samerhand to the N W. and Candabar to the S E. This City is under a particular Kan, who in the time of Cha-jehan, prevailing against the Kan of Samarhand, the latter called in the Indians to assi..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 00:4500:45, 25 October 2025 diff hist +2,585 N Bagdad Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Bagder, or Bagdad, a Town of Asia upon the River Tygris, and in the Province of Hurac or Yerac, where the ancient Seleucci was. Bagdet joyns a Suburb by a Bridge of Boats, where, according to the Tradition of the Country. the Town was formerly built, which Situation destroys the Opinion of those that call it Babylon; for the ancient Babylon was on the Euphrates, wher..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 00:4300:43, 25 October 2025 diff hist +409 Bachu, city on the Caspian Sea →1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. current Tag: Visual edit
- 00:2100:21, 25 October 2025 diff hist +1,623,100 N Source:MoreriBC Created page with "of Bacchus's Birth, the manner of his Education; the Coun∣try where, and the Persons that had the care of his bringing up, are to be seen all at length in the 4th Book of Diodorus of Sicily, where also is the Description of his Exploits and Memorable Actions, and of the Ceremonies of his Feast and Triumphs. Diod. Sicul. Baccius or Baccio (Andrew) an able Physician in the 16th Century, Author of several good Books, 1. De Thermis, 2. De Naturali ninorum Historia, 3. De..." Tag: Visual edit
- 00:1800:18, 25 October 2025 diff hist −50,899 Source:MoreriA No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 00:1700:17, 25 October 2025 diff hist +6,394 America →1695. A New Body of Geography by A. Sewall & T. Child. Tag: Visual edit
- 00:1500:15, 25 October 2025 diff hist +354 N Altay Mountains Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Altai, and Althai, by others called Belgian, certain Mountains of Asia, in the Northern Tartary, near the City of Caracoran, in the Kingdom of Montgall; upon which are to be seen the Sepulchres of several Kings of the Tartars.</blockquote>" current Tag: Visual edit
- 00:1300:13, 25 October 2025 diff hist +8,119 Austria →1695. Thesaurus geographicus a new body of geography by Abel Swall and Tim. Child. current Tag: Visual edit
- 00:1000:10, 25 October 2025 diff hist +3,962 Aleppo No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 00:0900:09, 25 October 2025 diff hist +36 Bachu, city on the Caspian Sea →1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. Tag: Visual edit
- 00:0800:08, 25 October 2025 diff hist +611 N Albania, Caspian Sea Region Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Albania, so call'd from the colour of the People, a Region of Asia lying upon the Caspian Sea to the East, bordering upon Iberia to the West, and Atropatia to the South. The greatest part of it is bounded Westward by Zuria and Chimithe, and Northward by Litrachan. The chiefest Cities of it are Albana, and Osica. Isiganus of Nicea reports, that in Albania there ar..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 00:0400:04, 25 October 2025 diff hist +3,032 N Agra, City Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Agra, The Capital City of a Province of the same Name, in the Empire of the Great Mogul in the Indies, on this side the Ganges; it was the place where the Emperor kept his Court, till Chagehan built the City of Gehan-Abad where he now resides, by reason the Climate is more temperate. Agra is the largest City of India, wher..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 00:0200:02, 25 October 2025 diff hist +23,780 Abyssin →1695. A New Body of Geography by A. Sewall & T. Child. current Tag: Visual edit
24 October 2025
- 23:5623:56, 24 October 2025 diff hist +1,199 N Arequipa Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Arequipa, a City of Peru in South America, 26 Leagues from Lima, 70 from Casco, and 7 from the South Sea. The Spaniards report, that in the Reign of the I•cas they would convey Fish from Arequipa to Cas•o in a very short time, the Indians being laid upon the Road at such distances to hand them from one to the other. It is one of the most considerable Cities of Pe..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 23:4823:48, 24 October 2025 diff hist +4,073 N Angola Created page with "=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. === <blockquote>Angola, a Kingdom in Africa, to the South of Congo; This Kingdom is reckon'd to comprehend eight Principal Provinces, every one of which is divided into small Seigniories. The Provinces are Lovanda, Sinso, Ilamba, Icollo, Onsaca, Massingan, Cambamba and Embacca: The Country is become very fruitful by good Manuring; and the Lands of Lovanda, which were barren, are made fe..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 04:1004:10, 24 October 2025 diff hist −16,358 Source:MoreriA No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 04:1004:10, 24 October 2025 diff hist +1,133 Andegavia No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 04:0804:08, 24 October 2025 diff hist +4,583 Antiochia, City No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 04:0304:03, 24 October 2025 diff hist +2,147 Archangel, City No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 04:0204:02, 24 October 2025 diff hist +2,154 Archangel, City No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 03:5703:57, 24 October 2025 diff hist +4,332 Astracan, Province No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 03:5503:55, 24 October 2025 diff hist +1,030 Achaia →1635. Historia mundi: or Mercator's atlas. London. by Gerhard Mercator. current Tag: Visual edit
- 03:5403:54, 24 October 2025 diff hist +1,840 Abyssin →1695. A New Body of Geography by A. Sewall & T. Child. Tag: Visual edit
- 03:5203:52, 24 October 2025 diff hist +774 Abruzzo No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 03:5003:50, 24 October 2025 diff hist +1,004,444 N Source:MoreriA Created page with "(BOOK A) A, Is the first Letter of the Alphabet in all the known Languages of the World, except in that of the Aethiopians, where according to Ludolphus's Grammar, it is the 13th. The pronunciation of it is free and open, though some Nations, and particularly the English, vary in the sounding it sometimes open, sometimes close, as in the Words all and take. Christ in a mystical sence compares himself to the Alpha and Omega of the Greeks, to signifie that he was the begi..." Tag: Visual edit
- 03:4803:48, 24 October 2025 diff hist +319,779 N Source:MoreriT Created page with "T. (BOOK T) T. THIS Letter is sometimes put for s, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 for 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, pultare for pulsare; and sometimes for d, as Alexanter for Alexander. In English, when joyn'd to h it has sometimes the Sound of a d, as in the Words the, this, that, which comes from the Dutch, de, dis, dat. The Romans us'd it to signifie that the Tribunes had approved what was mark'd with it. Lucian says, that it was a Mark put upon Robbers because it re..." current Tag: Visual edit
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