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BR IT IS H E M P I R E.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,

AN INTRODUCTION,

EXHIBITING

A VIEW OF THE ANCIENT AND MODERN STATE OF EUROPE;
OF THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR COLONIES; AND OF THE COMMERCE, SHIPPING,

MANUFACTURES, FISHERIES, &c.

THE MODERN POLITICO-COMMERCIAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE SEVERAL COUNTRIES OF EUROPE.

CAREFULLY REVISED, CORRECTED, AND CONTINUED TO THE PRESENT TIME.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

V O L. II.

L O N D ON:
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MDCCLXXXVII.

and Son of > 1558

Cardinals the }

* 1580

j 1600

}

1576

Emperors of Germany. Kings of England.
HENRY VII. to 1509 EMANUEL the } 1521 Sieno Sture and

Kings of Portugal. Kings of Sweden.
MAXIMILIAN

Kings of Poland. },519

1504 JOHN ALBERT, I. to

VIII. to 1946
Great, to

(Son of Cafi- >1501 CHARLES V. EDWARD VI. to 1553 John III. to 1557

SwantoSture, >1520 mir IV.) to
Grandíon to
MARY I. to 1558 SEBASTIAN, to 1578 Regents, to

ALEXANDER, to 1506 Maximilian,

ELIZABETH, to 1600 HENRY (the 1 CHRISTIAN II.1 SIGISMUND I. to 1548 and beyond.

the Tyrant,to} 1523

SIGISMUND 1 Philip I. K.

GUSTAVUS E

II. his son, of Spain, to J

of Spain, to
RICKSON,or

(surnamed FERDINAND I.

Kings of Scotland.
PHILIP III. of

VASA, (who

Augustus)ın > 1572 Brother 101564

JAMES IV. to

1513
Spain, lo
entirely re-

whom ended
Charles V. to
. V. to 1542 and beyond.

parated the

the Line of MAXIMILIAN MARY, to 1567

kingilom of > 1560 Jagellon, to

1600
II. Son of
JAMES VI. to
Kings of Denmark, Sivedenfrom

HENRY of
Ferdinand,to

and beyond.
Norway and Sweden. the Union

France, who ,

JOHN, to 1513

made by 1600

was elected,

27574 Son, to

Kings of Spain.
CHRISTIAN
Margaret &

and died in
and beyond.
FERDINAND

11. (called the

Haquin) to

STEPHEN BA-7
and ISABEL-
tyrant in the
ERIC XIV. to

TORI, to
LA,of Castile

Swedish list,
1504

JOHN III. to

1594 SIGISMUND,
Leon, and
and was the > 1523 SIGISMUND, to 1600

(King of

1600 Kings of France.

Jast that ruled
Arragon, to

and beyond.

Sweden) to
Louis XII. to
PHILIP I. to

over both Den.
1515
1516

and beyond. FRANCIS I, to

mark & Swe. 1547 CHARLES I. ? HENRY II. to

den, to 1559 FRANCIS II. to 1360 Philip II. his? Denmark and Norway. CHARLES IX. to 1574

Son, to

FREDERICK I. to 1534
HENRY III. to

CHRISTIAN 7
IV, to
1600 Son, to

III. to
and beyond.

and beyond. FREDERICKII.to 1 588

CHRISTIANIV.to 1600

and beyond.

1568

-}1586

(and V.) to "555

1598 j 1600

}1559

THE CHARACTER

OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
TH
HIS Century abounds with interesting revolutions and material alterations almost over

all Christendom. The accession of the vast dominions of Spain to the House of Austria by a marriage, was such a conjunction as seemed greatly to endanger the equilibrium of Europe for the greatest part of this century, and had a considerable influence on commerce.

Whilft Portugal pursued her commerce and rapid conquests in East India, so that the city of Lisbon soon became (what the now declining city of Venice had been for many centuries Vol. II.

past)

A