Genoa. 



15JO Genoefe projiofe an ovci-land trade \sith TnJia 

 tlirouKh Ru(Ti;i - - - ii, 



.56 



1521 The cily pillaged by the Spaniards - da 



1528 The republic leftored by Doria - 6y 



1548 Vaft fums lent by the Genoefe to the emperor 

 CliarlesV, whofefon Philip II is faid to de- 

 fraud them of part of their property 102 

 1.560 Trade of Genoa uith Antwerp — the velvetsof 



Genoa the bed in the world - 129 



1568 Genoefe merchants propofe to eliablilh a bank 



in the Netherlands ... 146 



»575 The intereft due "to them by Spain reduced 137 



1576 Old and new nobles united — nobles allowed to 



engage in trade . . - 157 



1665 Urifuccefsful attempts to trade in Turkey 521 



16S4 The republic infiilied by France . .' 615 



1763 They transfer theirkingdom of Corfica to France 



ii'. 371 

 Geography and Hydrogapliy. 



i300»l|Maps made by Sefoftris - - 'j '4 



gSo'Geography illiiftrated by Homer - 26 



55o*Rotundity of the globe known by Pythagoras — 



maps and a globe confirucled Anaxiniandi.r 41 



_5o5*A geograpliical work written by Skylax - ^S 



502*Maps of Perlian provinces on plates of brafs 62 

 445'Great geographical knowlege of Herodotus 



SS ''. i7 ". 67 " 



324*Geography improved by Alexander's conquells 75 



— — State of the fciencc in India . . ry 



a40*Maps and fcience of Eratodhenes - 93 



44* A lurvcy of the Rom. empire planned by Csefar 119 



20 A fyfiem of geography written by Strabo 146 



77 Another by Pliny - ■ - - jS6 



161 Another by Ptolemy - - . igj 



522 Geographical fcience declining - - 227 



730 Great geographical knowlege of Bede - 245 



Globohty of the earth condemned by the pope 247 



800 Maps pod'clTed by Charlemagne - - zijo 



813,833 Two menfurations of a degree - 251 



871-900 The north of Europe better known to 

 King Alfred than to S. Mundcr in the year 

 1540 . - - . 263 



547||Geography of the Eaft, by Mulfoudi and Ebn 



Hankal - - - - 268 



1050 Rotundity of the earth, &c. known by Adam of 



Bremen . - - . 2S5 



J154 Geographical annifcments of EdrifTi - 327 



i249||The (ludy promoted by a tranflation of Ptolemy 398 

 1415 The fcience alTiduoully cultivated in Portugal 629 

 — — Maps in Venice of doubtful authenticity 630 « 



J474 A chart will India on the wefl (ide of it - 664)2 

 J52c||Some dcfcriptions and maps of England ii, 57 



1521 A fpecimen of the geography of the age - 64 

 1540II A chart of Scotland, drawn byA.Lindfay, better 



tlum fome done in late-.' times - 85 « 



1553 The riorthein geography of Europe illullrated 



ty an Englilh voyage - - 113,115 



»56o The firft map of Rullia by A. Jenkinfon 



1741 An aft for fiirvcying the coafts of Great Britain 



and Ireland ... iii, 



j.;(64 Two furveyors fent to make accurate drauglits 



of the coaft of America, &c. 

 J775 Sums granted forfiuveys of the coafl's of Great 



Britain,, Ireland, Nova Scotia, &.c. 

 1780 Geograptiy much improved by Captain Cook' 

 J7S9 Chart ot" the Wedcrn illands, &c. b\- Captain 



Huddart - . - . iv, 



ir^go Relative fituat ion of Greenwich and Paris afcer- 



taincd by General Roy, and a trigonometri. 



cal furvey begun for the purpofe of obtain. 



ing corrctt maps of the Britilh irtands 

 1795, Geography of ihe well coafl of America almofl 



completed by Captain Vancouver 



124 

 23c 

 404 



577 

 666 



191 



3J7 



L^IENERAL 



i8oo"C<fCffWrj' known in Arabia . . j, 7 



i3;o*Said to be invented in Egypt . • la 



550*Conveyed from Egypt to Greece . 4.4 



2.So*ll lUuftrated by the wvitingsof Euclid - t^ 



1295 Gtorgia. (Gur^njlan) abounds in lilk, ic. i, 4,5(1 



1732 Georgia {%fi America, Utiitrd Slala ) k\.xA<ii. iii, iSj 



1759 Progrefs of lilk culture (tallaciuui) - 31J 

 1761-62 Sums granted for civil eftabiidnnent, includ- 

 ing encouragement for filk - 346, 360 



1762 E.xports during this year - . -^r^z 



\-]f>2, Culture of hlk declining - - -76 



A Iraft of land added to the province - 378 



1764 Georgians permitted to carry rice to fouthward 401 



Culture of lilk ftill declining - . 404 



1764 And almoll given up on lelfening the premium 452 



Province advancing, imports, exports, popu- 



lation - - - 453 



1769 Culture ot filk encouraged by bounty - 48S 



'775 Produce, trade, fliipping - . 569 — 573 



1796 Trade ot' Georgia now independent of Carolina 

 — has acf|uired a very valuable fpecies of 

 Cotton, and abandoned filk and indigo iv, 396 

 970 Gerbert obtains fcience, and particularly arith. 



metic, from the Saracens . . i, 27 s 



Germany — See Havfe, Teutonic gildhnll, Prnfjla, iSc. 

 14 Trade of Germany in feathers and amber i, 137 



Germans have canoes carrying 30 men each 137 



96S Silver mines opened at GoAar - . 271 



972 Andothers at Rannncllberg . - 372 



iooo[j Germans trade to England - - 277 



1016 New filvermines difcovered - . 2S1 



123S The Tatars driven back by the Germans 390 



1241 Mines of tin difcovered in Germany . 393 



1257 Germans fend Corn and bread to England - 409^ 

 12,59 I hey obtain privileges, &'c. in London — 410 

 1270 They fettle a llaple at Bergen in Norway 4i!0 



1273 Thccities profper during the long interregnum, 



and become free - - - 425 



i283l|German merchants make war upon Norway 444. 

 1400 Obfervations on Germany by the Greekemperor 61 1 

 1560 Trade of Germany with Antwerp - - 11,129, 

 1776 Emperorattempts to revivethe Eaft-India trade, 



and to fix a colony on the eail coafl of Africa iii, 59,1 

 1781 Emptror accedes to the armed neutrality - 698 

 1785 German trade on the Danube, &c. unfuccefsful 



— theemperor prohibits Brit, manufaftures iv,97 

 178S A (hip fitted out for Nootka — voyage finftrated 176 

 §* Gerhereins trade to India, and, by inland navi- 

 gation, as iiigh as the Pahuyrenc territory 



i> 79. "34 



14 Gelutia furnidies purple dye . - i, 141 



1295 Giazza a mart ol the oriental trade - i, 456 



1704 Gibraltar X'^iken from Spain by England - 11,731 



1740 Com ts of judice eltablifiied - - iii, 225 



564 Gitdiis, a Britilh writer of this age - i, 235 



Gilding — See Goldjmith's work. 

 93S Art of gilding apparently known in Norway 1,267- 

 Gilds of tradcjmcn — See Companies. 

 1660 Ginger of the colonies to be landed only in the 



Engliih dominions . . ii, 4S6 



1765 Occafion.iUy exported to Holland - iii, 429 

 H13 C/f^(iju cathedral founded - ij 3)8 

 1175 The village'made a burgh - 343 

 1268 Governed by 3 [uovolts and alfo bailies - 417 

 i436|lConHnerce of Glafgow begun by W. Elphindon 650 



1760 Trade, manuf.ietures, population - . 111,325. 

 1768 A6t for exchange, bridge, canal, river 476,478,500 

 177 I Exports of linen — imp. and ex p. of tobacco 516,517 

 1775 Trade with America this year - - 581 

 1781-1791 Number of houfes - . 704^ 

 1 7S3 Tiic merchants extend their trade with the Wed 



Indies, &c. apply to manufaifures, and 

 cdabliih the chamber of commerce - iv, 3+ 



