A Geographical dictionary in which are described the most eminent countreys, towns, ports, seas, streights, and rivers in the whole world : very useful for the understanding of all modern histories.

B (Book B)

Babelmandel, an Island, in the Streights, at the entry of the Red Sea.

Bache Serrail, a Town in the lesser Tar∣tary.

Badoiox, a Town in Castillia Nova, upon the confines of Portugal.

Bade, a Town in Switzerland, where the Assembly of the Cantons is held.

Baden, a City and Marquisate in Alsatia, subject to the Emperour.

Bagded, a Town upon the River Tygris in Asia, a place of great Traffick, by reason of the passage from Turky to Persia, a little dayes journey from the Ancient Babylon.

Bagalouq, a Town upon the Frontiere of Bosnia and Dalmatia, under the Dominion of the Turks.

Bahama, an Island, and the most Rapid Channel in all America, being Eastwards from Florida, thorow which the Spanish Fleets pass to the Havana.

Bah••rem, an Island in the Gulfe of Persia.

Baieux, a City and Bishoprick in Nor∣mandy.

Baio••ne, a City and Bishoprick in Gascony, upon the borders of Biscaye.

Balaguier, a town in Catalonia.

Balbastro, a City and Bishoprick in Ar∣ragon.

Balsora, a town in Turcomania, in Asia, near the mouth of the River Tigris.

Baltick Sea lies between Germany, Den∣mark, Sweden, and Poland.

Bamberg, a City, and Bishoprick of the Empire.

Bangor, a City and Bishoprick in Wales; famous for the Abbey Anciently founded there, in which twelve hundred Monks lived upon their own Labour.

Bantam, a town in the Isle of Java, the General Mart of almost all the East Indies.

Bapaume, a Town seated upon Rising in Artois, very hard to be besieged, by reason of the scarcity of Water in those parts.

Barca, a town in the Eastern part of Bar∣bary.

Barca, a desart in the Eastern part of Bile∣dulgend.

Barcelona, a City and Bishoprick in Cata∣lonia, the chiefest town of that Province, ve∣ry rich, Populous, and of great traffick, being seated upon the sea.

Barcelonete, a City and Principality in Piedmont.

Barbary, a country in Africa, lying up∣on the Mediterranean Sea.

Bar upon Aube, a town in Champaigne in France.

Bar, upon the Seine, a town in Burgundy.

Bari, a City and Archbishoprick in the Kingdom of Naples, where the Kings of the two Sicilyes were anciently crowned.

Bar le Duc, the chief town of Artois.

Barletta, a City, and Archbishoprick, and Fortress in Apulia, in the Kingdom of Na∣ples.

Barrois, a Country lying between Lor∣raine, and Campaigne.

Barnagesso, a Kingdom in Abissinia, which payes annually to the Turk a thousand ounces of Gold.

Barwick, a very strong Town in England, upon the Frontiere of Scotland.

Basil, a City, giving name to a Canton of the Switzers, seated upon the River Rhine, one of the fairest of all that country.

Biscaye, a country bordering upon Gas∣cony.

Bass, a small Island not far from Eden∣burgh, famous for the great quantity of Geese that frequent it at certain seasons.

Bassigny, a country in Campaigne.

Bastia, the chief town of Corsica, where the Governour resides.

Bastic, a small Town upon the coast of Epirus, where they usually imbargue for Con∣stantinople.

Batavia or Jacatra, a Town in the Isle of

Java, belonging to the Hollanders.

Baudissen, a Town in Lusatia, the Resi∣dence of the Governour.

Bauge, a small Town in Anjou in France, where Charles the Eighth, then Dolphin, ob∣tained a signal Victory over the English, then commanded by the Duke of Clarence, who was there slain, in the year 1420.

Bavaria, a country, and Duchy in Ger∣many.

Bazas, a City and Bishoprick in Guienne in France.

Bearne, a province of France upon the borders of Navarre, also a Canton of Swit∣zerland joyning to Geneva.

Bearford, a small town in Groenland.

Beaucaire, a Town in Languedoc, upon the banks of the Rhone.

Beausse, a Province in France, of which Orleans is the chief Town.

Beaufort, a Town in Anjou in France, but that that gives a Title to the Ducthy is in Champaigne.

Beaujolois, a small country, comprised un∣der the Lyonnois a province in France.

Beaumaris, a Town in the Isle of Angle∣sey.

Beaune, a Town in Burgundy, famous for the excellent Wines it yields.

Beauvais, a City, Bishoprick, and Peerdom

of France, within the Government of the Isle of France.

Beja, a Town in Portugal.

Belac, a Town in Marche, a smal Province comprised under that of Poictou in France.

Belgrade, the chief City of Servia seated upon the Danube.

Bellegarde, a strong Town in Burgundy, up∣on the River Saone.

Belley, a City, and Bishoprick in Bressia, near the Franch county.

Bellinzone, a small Province in Switzer∣land, under the protection and jurisdiction of the three principal Cantons.

Belle-Isle, an Island upon the coast of Britany in France.

Benavarri, a Town in Arragon in Spain.

Benevent, a City, Archbishoprick, and Dutchy in the Kingdom of Naples, under the subjection of the Pope.

Bengala, a Kingdom and Gulfe in the East Indies.

Benin, a Town and Kingdome in Guine.

Benthem, a City and County under the Dominion of the Emperour in Westphalia.

Bergamo, a City not far from the Alps, under the Dominion of the State of Ve∣nice.

Bergerac, a Town in Perigort in France. Bergen, a Town in Norway.

Bergen op zon, a strong town in Brabant, subject to the States of Holland.

Berlin, the chief city of Brandenburg, and Residence of the Elector.

Bern••••des, an Island towards the East of Virginia, subject to the King of England.

Berne, a protestant city and Canton of the Switzers, bordering upon the Lake of Geneva, the most powerful of them all; also a country in the Kingdom of Navarre.

Berri, a Province in France.

Bertogade, an Imperial Town in Bava∣ria.

Bervalde, a town in Brandenbourge, where the Treaty was between the French and Swedes, in the year 1631.

Besancon, an Imperial city, and Archbi∣shoprick in the Franch county.

Besarabie, a country which makes up part of Moldavia; subject to the Turk.

Bethune, a town in Artois.

Beziers, a city and Bishoprick in Langue∣doc in France.

Bidache, a small Soveraignty, in the lower Navarre.

Bielsk, the chief town of Polaquia.

Bienne, or Biel, a town in Switzerland leagued with the cantons.

Bigorre, a town in Gascony.

Bilbao, the chief town of Biscaye, famous

for the Excellency of its corn, beyond all the rest of Spain.

Biledulgerid, or Numidia, a country in Africa.

Biledulgerid, a particular Town of that country.

Biminis, a small Island Eastward of Flo∣rida.

Biolizero, a Fortress seated in a Lake in Muscovy, where the Great Duke keeps his Treasures.

Bir, a Town upon the River Euphrates, the usual place of Imbarguing for Bagdet.

Biscaye, a Province of Spain.

New Biscaye, a Province of new Spain.

Bitche, a County in Lorraine, upon the Frontiers of Germany.

Black sea, anciently the Euxine sea, lyes be∣tween Asia and Europe above Constantinople.

Blaye, a Town and Fortresse upon the Ri∣ver Garomne in Guienne.

Bletterans, a Town in the Franche county.

Bloys, a town and county with a Royal castle seated upon the Loire.

Bohemia, a Kingdom near Germany, now possessed by the Emperour.

Bois belle or Enrichmont, a small soveraign∣ty in Berry in France.

Bologne, Sur Mer, or upon the sea, a Ci∣ty and Bishoprick in Picardy in France.

Bolognia la grassa, so called by reason of the fatness of the soyl, a City, Archbishoprick and famous ancient University in Italy, the second town in the Popes Dominions.

Bommel, an Island beautifyed with a fair town, in the Dutchy of Guelderland.

Boni, a Town upon the Loyr, between Ne∣verrs and Orleans, and ancient residence of the Knights of St. Lazarus, an order now a∣bolish'd in France, and incorporated with that of St. Maurice in Savoy.

Bonificaio, a Town and Port in the Isle of Corsica.

Bonne, a Town upon the River of Rhine, alittle above Colen, the Residence of that Elector.

Borcholme, a Fortresse in the Isle of Oeland near Gotia.

Boriquen, one of the greatest Islands upon the coast of America.

Boristhenes, a River in Scythia.

Bormio, a town and county in Switzerland, belonging to the Grisons.

Borneo, an Island in Asia, with a town of the same name.

Bosledue, a strong town in Brabant, subject to the States of Holland.

Bosnia, a Province of Europe, under the subjection of the Turk, it was anciently a Kingdom.

Bothnia, a Province in Swedeland.

Bovines, a town in the county of Namur, made famous by the bloody field which Phi∣lip, sirnamed August, King of France, won of Ferdinand, Earle of Flanders, who was there taken prisoner.

Bourbon L' ancy, a town in Burgundy.

Bourbon L' Archam bault, a city in the Pro∣vince of Bourbon in France, famous for the Baths, and the title which the Royal house of France thence assume.

Bourbonnois, the name of that Province in France.

Bourdeaux, a city and Archbishoprick, the chief town of Guienne, and seat of a Parlia∣ment, famous for the great traffique there used for Wines.

Bourg in Bressia, the chief Town of that province.

Bourg Sur Mer, or upon the sea, a town of Guienne, built upon the banks of the River Dordogne.

Bourges, a city and Archbishoprick, the chief town of Berry, and seated in the very center of France.

Bourgogne or Burgundy, a Province of France.

Bozolo, a principality belonging to the Duke of Mantoua.

Brabant, a Dutchy, and one of the 17. pro∣vinces of the Netherlands.

Bracciano, a city and Dutchy within the Popes Dominions, of whom it is now held by the Antient family of Ursini in Italy.

Braga, a city in Portugal, whose Archbi∣shop pretends to the primacy of all Spain.

Braganza, a city and Dutchy in Portugal, the title of King John the fourth, before he was proclaimed King.

Brandenbourgh, a county, city, and Electo∣rate in Germany.

Breda, a city and barony belonging to the prince of Orange, seated in Brabant.

Bregens, a town and county in Tirol.

Bremen, one of the Hans towns in the lower Saxony, the Archbishoprick of Bremen was raised to a Dutchy, and by the peace con∣cluded at Munster in the year 1648. given up to the crown of Sweden.

Bremgarten, a Baylywick in Switzerlnnd, and belongs to the eight antientest Can∣tons.

Bresil, a country of a vast extent, in the Eastern parts of the Southern America, and possessed by the Portugals and Hollanders.

Breslaw, the chief town of Silesia, and one of the fairest of all Germany.

Bressia, a town lying under the Alps, be∣longing to the State of Venice.

Bressia, a province of France between Lyons and Geneva.

Brest, a town and famous port in the ex∣tremest Westerne part of the lower Britany.

Britain, Great Britain, the greatest Island of Europe, comprising England and Scotland; also a province of France, divided into the higher and lower Britany.

Brian con, a Town in Dauphine in France, conceived to be one of the highest in the World.

Briare, a town upon the Loyre within the Dutchy of Orleans, where the channel is cut for the communication of the Loyr and the River Seine.

Brie, a country in Champaigne in France.

Briege, a town in Silesia.

Bregnol, a town in Provence, whence come our best prunellaes.

Brilinton, a small town in York shire where the Queen landing at her return from Holland was barbarously treated by four of the par∣liaments ships, who for a long space played with their canon on the town, especially on that house in which her Majesty was shelterd,

Brille, a famous town and port in Hol∣land.

Brindisi, formerly Brundusium, a city, Archbishoprick, and famous port within the Kingdom of Naples.

Brinne, a town in Moravia.

Brisack, a city in Brisgau a country of Al∣satia,

and one of the strongest of all Germa∣ny; it was yielded up by the house of Austria to the crown of France, in the year 1648.

Brisack, a town and Dutchy in Anjou in France.

Bristol, a city of great traffique, situate both in Somersetshire and Glostershire, but is a free county of it self, not far from the bor∣ders of Southwales.

Brives, a town in Limosin a province of France.

Brixen, a city and bishoprick in the coun∣ty of Tirol, under the Emperour of Germany.

Brouage, one of the fairest and strongest forts in France, in Xaintonge not far from Bourde∣aux.

Bruges, a city in Flanders, the fairest and best built of any in that province, famous also for the beauty of its female Inhabitants.

Brunswick, a town in Germany, one of the four principle Hans towns, also a country and Dutchy in Germany.

Bruxelles, a city in Brabant, the Residence of the prince or Governour of the Low Countries under the King of Spain.

Buda, the chief town of the Kingdom of Hungary, the residence of a Bashawe.

Budu veis, a town in Bohemia.

Buenos Aytes, a town upon the River Plata in the West-Indies, whither the King of Spain

was perswaded to bring his Silver from Potosi, but found it not convenient, by reason of the vicinity of the Portugalls in Bresil.

Buckingham, a Town and county, with the title of Dutchy, now born by the Noble Family of the Villiers.

Bulgaria, a province of Europe, under the subjection of the Turk.

Burgau, a Marquisate in Swabeland, be∣longing to the house of Austria.

Burgos, a city and Archbishoprick in the old Castille.

Bursa, a city of Anatolia, the seat of the first Emperours of the Turks, and one of the fairest of all Turky, little Inferiour to Con∣stantinople.

Butrinto, a place upon the confines of E∣pirus, belonging to the Venetians.