the moft southern province of Sweden, being a peninsular, encompassed on three sides by the Baltic sea, or the channel at the entrance of it. It is divided into several parts, which are, East Gothland, West Gothland, Smaland, Halland, Blekinge, and Schonen. It was a long time in the possession of the kings of Denmark, but was ceded to Sweden in 1654. The principal towns of Gothland are Calmar, Landsfroon, Christianopie, Daleburg, Gothenburgh, Helmsfatt, Lunden, Malmone, and Vexio.