World Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary First Edition  (English, Hardcover, Gunn J.)

This Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary contains over 10,000 entries. Its aim has been to include the name of every place in the world that is likely to be met with in the course of general reading or study, and about which any fact of geographical, historical, or other importance is known, In the interests of space, it is obvious that in the larger units only the most outstanding facts could be given. The work is intended as a book of reference for the general reader and for pupils in senior and advanced classes and not for the specialist.