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THE
HISTORY
OF
POLAND
INTRODUCTION
SECT. I
BOUNDARIES AND EXTENT.
THIS 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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