What is a gazetteer?
a geographical dictionary
What did it consist of?
a subject's location, dimensions of peaks and waterways, population, GDP and literacy rate. This information is generally divided into topics with entries listed in alphabetical order.
What did China have to do with it?
first known Chinese gazetteer was  in China
Who was Stephanus?
a geographer
Did he do anything significiant?
wrote a geographical dictionary
Can you find any of his work today?
yes
What did Laurance Echard write?
"The Gazetteer's: or Newsman's Interpreter: Being a Geographical Index
Was the title suggested to him?
yes
By who?
a "very eminent person"
Who was Edumund Bohun?
his colleague
Why wasn't he mentioned?
because he became associated with the Jacobite movement.