Page:The history of Poland, from its origin as a nation to the commencement of the year 1795.djvu/20



HIS country, at present so interesting to every contemplative mind, is situated between 16 and 34 degrees of E. longitude, and between 46 and 57 N. latitude.

In its original undivided state, the kingdom of Poland (anciently called Sarmatia), with the great duchy of Lithuania annexed, was bounded on the North by Livonia, Muscovy, and the Baltic sea; on the East by Muscovy; on the south by Hungary, Turkey, and Little Tarty;

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