. A system of geography; or, A new & accurate description of the earth in all its empires, kingdoms and states. Illustrated with history and topography, and maps of every country ... T-Vychfideit. Bahuys, which gives name to th? Province, is aftrong Caftle, Built on a fmall , made by theKxyetTrolheta, 1 s° Miles Sou:h-Eaft from Aggehuy-fen 9 Miles from Gotteberg, and 20 LeaguesEaft from the Cape Schagen in Juf/jni. It wasFounded by Harquin II. King of Norway, m theyear 1309. and Itands on a Itecp Rock near thtBanks of the Rivcv, and was reckond a fD^cieotBulwark againlt the Suedes and O
. A system of geography; or, A new & accurate description of the earth in all its empires, kingdoms and states. Illustrated with history and topography, and maps of every country ... T-Vychfideit. Bahuys, which gives name to th? Province, is aftrong Caftle, Built on a fmall , made by theKxyetTrolheta, 1 s° Miles Sou:h-Eaft from Aggehuy-fen 9 Miles from Gotteberg, and 20 LeaguesEaft from the Cape Schagen in Juf/jni. It wasFounded by Harquin II. King of Norway, m theyear 1309. and Itands on a Itecp Rock near thtBanks of the Rivcv, and was reckond a fD^cieotBulwark againlt the Suedes and Otrocothi;. It wasSurrenderd with the Province to the Sufuc-s^, in1658. but afterwards in 1678. when the Danesaffembled to retake it,ir withftood their AHaul s Macljlrand or Maeferland, is the only remarkableTown in the Province odOchflltr.^^d ^^f<^ff <^a Kocky Peninrula. about ,0 Miles bcow Boi.;-. ;itI a place of great Trade for Hernngs ^^^^Filh ; and is guarded by a Itrong Ca PuiU at theMouth of the River (fUer, which not far from^ence f^lls -to the Catgat It -- ^^ ^^ ^^^Danes, in 1676. but reltord by the Treaty ««-tainblcau, in ^ ^ SUEDEN, 148 SUEDEN. SV B b E N^ which makes up the greateft partof Scandinavia, is Bounded with Norwegian,Lapland, and the North Sea on the North, theBakick Sea on the South, Mufeovy on the Eaft, andl>cmnm\ and lior-Kay on the Weft. The extent oftlie whole Kingdom is about 8co Miles from Northto South, and much about the fame from Eaft toWeft. It lies between the ?jS Degrees, 40 Min. andthe 68 Degree?, 30 Min. of North Latitude, andfrom the 30th Degree to the 60th Degree of Lon-gitude, in form rcfcmbling a Vine Leaf, whereof the Gulf of Bothnia, Is the Stem, round whichthe feveral parts o( Sucden, are feated; Gothland ar\dSuedcn Proper on the Weft fide, Finland and Livoniaon the Eaft and Lapland on the North. The Coun-try is very much coverd with Lakes and Forefts,and fome parts with craggy Mountains ; however,the other p
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