T R A V E L S t h r o u g h S P A I N ;
W I T H A V I E W T O I L L U S T R A T E T H E
N A T U R A L H I S T O R Y A N D P H Y S IC A L G E O G R A P H Y
O F T H A T K I N G D O M .
P A R T I.
l e t t e r I.
Divifion o f the kingdom o f S P A I N .
THE dominions of Spain are generally claffed
by their writers in the following order. The
kingdom of Spain, conliiting o f Old and New
Caftile ; the kingdoms of Leon, Aragon, Navarre, Granada,
Valencia, Galicia-, Seville, Cordova, Murcia,
Jaen, and Majorca ; the principalities of Afturias, and
Catalonia, the provinces of Eftremadura, Guipnfcoa,
and Alava, and theTordlhips of Bifcay, and Molina: they
are bounded by the Cantabrian ocean, or bay o f Bifcay,
on the north, by the Pyrenean mountains and the Mediterranean
towards the eaft ■ by the {freights of Gibraltar
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