New England Historic Genealogical Society
Town Guides

World Gazetteers


The Naval Gazetteer or Seaman's Complete Guide
[RB G 101 M24 1797]

 

  • Two volumes
  • Standard gazetteer of coasts, port towns, and ocean topography of the world
  • Appendix adds place-names not included in the initial printing
  • Contains many maps
  • The 1801 edition is also in our rare book collection
    [RB G 101 M24 1801]

 

The Modern Gazetteer: or a Short View of the Several Nations of the World 
[RB G 101 S2 1759]

 

  • Standard gazetteer
  • Introductory chapter features geography and geographic terms

 

The General Gazetteer, or Compendious Geographical Dictionary
[RB G 102 B87 1795]

  • Standard gazetteer
  • Few maps
  • 1821 edition is in our rare book collection
    [RB G 102 B87 1821].

 

The General Gazetteer; or Compendious Geographical Dictionary in Miniature
[RB G 102 B88]

 

  •  Smaller version of the previous volume
  •  Very small print

 

A New Universal Gazetteer or Geographical Dictionary (1821)
[RB G 102 M9]

 

 

  • Standard gazetteer
  • Includes appendix of statistics on Native Americans and the economy of the United States

 

A Geographical Dictionary or Universal Gazetteer (1817)
[RB G 102 W92]

  • Two volumes
  • Standard gazetteer
  • World statistics and population tables
  • Corrections listed at the end of the  volume

 

A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer or Geographical Dictionary of the World [Lippincott]
[R. Rm. REF G 103 L67 1922]   *

 

  • The all-encompassing dictionary of world places

 

The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World  *
[REF G 103 L68 1952]

 

  • Later version of the previous title
  • Library also has the 1962 edition

 

Webster's Geographical Dictionary  *
[R. Rm. REF G 103 W45 1967]

 

 

  • Geographic terms in dictionary format
  • Some maps included