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The treasury of geography, physical, historical, descriptive, and political : containing a succinct...

The treasury of geography, physical, historical, descriptive, and political : containing a succinct...

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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 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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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.

Publisher

London : Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, MDCCCLX.

Record Identifier

74VKVEJ8VeWd

MMS ID

991024130112702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

1 online resource (x, 924, 24 pages, 23 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, folded maps, portraits.

Content type

text

Media type

computer

Carrier type

online resource

Contents

Europe -- Asia -- Africa -- America -- Australia -- Polynesia --Artic and Antartic regions.

Publication information

Publisher

London : Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, MDCCCLX.

Edition

New edition.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

MDCCCLX.

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Full title

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...

Cover title

Maunder's Treasury of geography

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

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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MMS ID

991024130112702626