Elements of geography [electronic resource] : containing a concise and comprehensive view of that us...
Elements of geography [electronic resource] : containing a concise and comprehensive view of that useful science, as divided into, 1. astronomical 2. physical or natural 3. political geography, on a new plan. Adapted to the capacities of children and youth; and designed, from its cheapness, for reading and classical book in common schools, and as a useful winter evening's entertainment for young people in private families. Illustrated with a beautiful map of the United States, and a beautiful chart of the whole world. By Jedidiah Morse, D.D. Minister of the congregation in Charlestown, Massachusetts. [Three lines from Backus].
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Printed at Boston : by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews. Sold by them, at Faust's Statue, and by I. Thomas, in Worcester; also, in New York, by S. Campbell; in Philadelphia, by M. Carey; in Baltimore, by Thomas, Andrews and Butler; and by other booksellers, in different parts of the United States, Dec. 1795.
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Dec. 1795.
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xii,[1],14-143,[1]p., [2]folded leaves of plates : 2 maps ; 12°.
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Printed at Boston : by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews. Sold by them, at Faust's Statue, and by I. Thomas, in Worcester; also, in New York, by S. Campbell; in Philadelphia, by M. Carey; in Baltimore, by Thomas, Andrews and Butler; and by other booksellers, in different parts of the United States, Dec. 1795.
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United States of America
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Dec. 1795.
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Elements of geography [electronic resource] : containing a concise and comprehensive view of that useful science, as divided into, 1. astronomical 2. physical or natural 3. political geography, on a new plan. Adapted to the capacities of children and youth; and designed, from its cheapness, for reading and classical book in common schools, and as a...
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"Chart of the world on Mercators projection" signed: H. sc.
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
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ESTC W31848.
Evans, 29112.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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