Rangoon
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Rangoon. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
the capital of lower Burma. It is situated on the Rangoon river, near the sea, in the region east of the mouth of the Irawadi. The site is elevated. The city was founded by a Burmese ruler in 1753. It passed into the hands of the British in 1852. Broad boulevards and well built churches, schools, colleges, hospitals, museums, a town hall, and custom house give the city a modern appearance. Large shipments of rice, cotton, timber, ivory, horns, precious stones, and other articles, to the value of $50,000,000 a year, are made. A railway has been built into the interior as far as Mandalay. One of the features of the city is an oriental pagoda. The base is many sided, and is about 400 feet in diameter. The roof, having a corresponding number of sides, is carried up in an incurving cone to a sharp finish 300 feet high. The base is surrounded by a number of small pagodas which make the central building seem all the larger.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
the capital of Lower Burma, and the chief seaport of Burma, at the junction of the Pegu, Hlaing or Rangoon, and Pu-zun-doung rivers; about 21 miles from the sea. Since its occupancy by the British in 1852 Rangoon has undergone such changes that it practically a new town. The principal streets are broad, and contain many large and not a few handsome buildings, There are the law courts, post-offices, Bank of Bengal, custom house, Anglican and Roman Catholic churches, St. John's College, high school, etc. A large and increasing commerce is carried on with British, Indian, and Chinese ports; and an extensive trade is conducted with inland towns as far as Mandalay. The chief exports are rice, timber, cotton, hides, gums and resin, mineral oil, ivory precious stones. Pop. about 300,000.