A

GAZETTEER OF THE WORLD,

OR

DICTIONARY OF GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE,

COMPILED FROM THE MOST RECENT AUTHORITIES,

AND FORMING A COMPLETE

BODY OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY,

PHYSICAL, POLITICAL, STATISTICAL, HISTORICAL, AND
ETHNOGRAPHICAL.

VOL. I.
AA-BRAZEY.

A. FULLARTON & CO.,

STEAD'S PLACE, EDINBURGH; 106 NEWGATE STREET, LONDON;

AND 196 GREAT BRUNSWICK STREET, DUBLIN.

1856.

EDINBURGH :

SULLARTON AND MACNAB, PRINTERS, LEITH W.K

DIRECTIONS FOR PLACING THE PLATES.

VOL. I.

Beeder, The Madressa of,

Frontispiece.

Scotland, Ports and Harbours on the North

Asseerghur from Buhranpur,
Areopagus or Mars Hill,

east coast of, No. 1, Plans of, to face page 12 Abessinia, and the adjacent Countries, Map of, Races of Man, North Africa,

Baalbec, The Ruins of,

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Africa, Central, Map of part of,

Agra, The Fort of,

Beeder, Tombs of the Bered Kings, 84Ireland, Ports in, No. 2, East coast, St. 93 Georges, and North Channel,

Alexandria, Map of the Coast and Environs of, 142 Benares, Interior of a Temple at,

Alps, Map of the Central Chain of the,

Aral Sea, Map of the,

Archipelago, Map of the Grecian,

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Arctic Regions, Map of the,