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The Imperial Gazetteer ; 



A GENERAL DICTIONARY OF GEOGRAPHY, 



PHYSICAL, POLITICAL, STATISTICAL, and DESCRIPTIVE ; 

 including Comprehensive Accounts of the Countries, 

 Cities, Principal Towns, Villages, Seas, Lakes, Rivers, 

 Islands, Mountains, Valleys, &c., in the World. Now 

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