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It emerges as an unusual book and the author methodically worked to a formula throughout this piece, writing on the geographical details of most, perhaps all, of Europe's states as well as many lands in the Near East, the Caucasus region and lands bordering the Mediterranean and Black seas. He commented briefly on the size and common foodstuffs of each of these lands, covering a vast swath of the known world in a relatively short work.
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