A TOUR Through the Whole ISLAND of GREAT BRITAIN. Divided Into CIRCUITS Or JOURNIES. Containg I. A DESCRITPION of the Principal Cities and Towns, Their Situation, Government, and Commerce. II. The Customs, Manners, Exercises, Diversions, and Employments of the People. III. The Nature and Virtue of the Many Medicnal Springs with which Both Parts of the United Kingdom Abound; Particularly Those of Bath, Tunbridge, Bristol, Cheltenham, Buxton, &c. IV. An Ample Description of London, Including Westminster and Southwark, Their Bridges, Squares, Hospitals, Churches, Palaces, Markets, Schools, Libraires, Shipping in the Thames, and Trade, by Means of that Noble River, &c. V. The Produce and Improvement of the Lands, the Trade and Manufactures. VI. The Sea Ports and Fortifications, the Course of Rivers, and the Inland Navigation. VII. The Publick Edifices, Seats, and Palaces, of the Nobility and Gentry. VIII. THe Ifles of Wight, Scilly, Portland, Jersey, Guernsey, and the Other English and Scottish Isles of Most Note. Interspersed with Useful OBSERVATIONS. Particularrly Fitted for the Perusal of Such as Desire to Travel Over the ISLAND. Originally Begun by the Celebrated DNAIEL DE FOE, Continued by the Late Mr. RICHARDSON, Author of Clarissa, and Brought Down to the Present Time by a Gentleman of Eminence in the Literary World
Author : Daniel Defoe
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Page : 416 pages
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