The treasury of geography, physical, historical, descriptive, and political : containing a succinct...
The treasury of geography, physical, historical, descriptive, and political : containing a succinct account of every country in the world : preceded by an introductory outline of the history of geography, a familiar inquiry into the varieties of race and language exhibited by different nations, and a view of the relations of geography to astronomy and the physical sciences / designed and commenced by the late Samuel Maunder ; continued and completed by William Hughes, F.R.G.S., Late professor of geography in the College for Civil Engineers, author of a "Manual of geography," etc.
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London : Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, MDCCCLX.
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English
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1 online resource (x, 924, 24 pages, 23 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, folded maps, portraits.
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Europe -- Asia -- Africa -- America -- Australia -- Polynesia --Artic and Antartic regions.
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London : Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, MDCCCLX.
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New edition.
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England
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MDCCCLX.
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The treasury of geography, physical, historical, descriptive, and political : containing a succinct account of every country in the world : preceded by an introductory outline of the history of geography, a familiar inquiry into the varieties of race and language exhibited by different nations, and a view of the relations of geography to astronomy...
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Maunder's Treasury of geography
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
"The introductory portion of the volume, as far as page 20, is from Mr. Maunder's own pen. The account of Asiatic Turkey (pages 400 to 465) embodies material which had been collected by Mr. Maunder ... For all the remainder ... Mr. Hughes is alone responsible"--Page [v].
Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida....
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74VKVEJ8VeWd
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991024130112702626
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