Geography anatomiz'd, or, The compleat geographical grammar being a short and exact analysis of the whole body of modern geography after a new and curious method / collected from the best authors and illustrated with divers maps by Pat. Gordon ...

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Geography anatomiz'd, or, The compleat geographical grammar being a short and exact analysis of the whole body of modern geography after a new and curious method / collected from the best authors and illustrated with divers maps by Pat. Gordon ...
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London :: Printed for Robert Morden and Thomas Cockerill ...,
1699.
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Page 106

§. 10. The Circle of Austria.

Divided intoLower, Eastward—Chief TownVienna.
Higher, Westward—Inspruck.

More particularly,

Lower containsArch D. of AustriaEastChief TownViennaVienna, chief of the whole.
WestLintz
D. ofStiriahigher, W.JudenburgJudenburgfrom N. to S.
lower, E.Gratz—
Carinthiahigher, W.Willach—Clagenfurt
lower, E.Clagenfurt
 Carniolahigher, N.Laubach—Laubach—
 lower, S.Loes—
Higher con∣tains theCounty of Tyrol—Inspruck—from N. to S.
Bishopr. of BrixenIdem—

Besides these are some other petty Soveraignties, especially these two following▪

The D. ofGoritia—in Carniola40 miles W.of Laubech.
Gilley—36 miles E.

Under this Circle is ordinarily comprehended Bohemia, containing

The K. of Bohemia, prop. so call'dChief TownPrague—S. to N.
Lusatiahigher, Northward—Soraw〈◊〉〈◊〉
lower, Southward—Pantzen
MoraviaEastern—WeiskirkOlmutz
Western—Olmutz
D. of Silesiahigher, SouthwardTroppawBreslaw
lower, NorthwardBreslaw

After the 10 Circles of Germany followeth Switzerland, compre∣hending 13 Cantons, with several Confederate Cities and Proe∣fectures.

(1.) The thirteen Cantons are those of

  • ...Zurick,
  • ...Switz,
  • ...Glaris,
  • ...Solothurn,
  • ...Bern,
  • ...Underwald,
  • ...Basil,
  • ...Schafhousen,
  • ...Lucern,
  • ...Zug,
  • ...Friburg,
  • ...Apenzel.

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These Cantons are set down according to their Votes in the gene∣ral Diets; each of them hath a capital City of its own Name except Uri (chief Town Altorf) and Underwald (chief Town Stant) and are reduced to three Classes.

Viz.West comprehendingBasil—from N. to S.
Soloturn—
Bern—
Freiburg—
Middle comprehendingSchafhouse—from N. to S.
Zurich—
Zug—
Lucern—
Switz—
Underwald—
Uri—
East comprehendingApenzil—from N. to S.
Glaris—
(2.) The chief Con∣federates of the Switzers are theGrisons, ch. T. CoireW. of theCounty of Tirol.
City of Geneva—Lake of Geneva.
(3.) The chief Prae∣fectures of the Switzers areBaden—on theW. N. W.of Zurick.
Bremgarten
Mellingen—
Sargans▪ N. of the Grisons.

To the German Empire we might here annex the Kingdom of Hun∣gary, it being now almost intirely under the Emperour; But of it when we come to Turkey in Europe.

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