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 a reading and classical book in common schools, and as a useful winter evening's entertainment for young people in private families. Illustrated with a neat 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--author of the American universal geography, and of the American gazetteer. [Three lines from Backus].
1798
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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 a reading and classical book in common schools, and as a useful winter evening's entertainment for young people in private families. Illustrated with a neat 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--author of the American universal geography, and of the American gazetteer. [Three lines from Backus].
Author
Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826.
Edition
Third edition, improved.
Publication Details
Printed at Boston : by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews. Sold by them, at Faust's Statue, and by I. Thomas, in Worcester; in Albany, by Thomas, Andrews, & Penniman; in Baltimore, by Thomas, Andrews & Butler; and by other booksellers, in different parts of the United States, Feb. 1798.
Place of Publication or Printing
United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
United States -- Massachusetts -- Worcester.
United States -- New York -- Albany.
United States -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
United States -- Massachusetts -- Worcester.
United States -- New York -- Albany.
United States -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
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English
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xii,[1],14-143,[1]p., [2]folded leaves of plates : 2 maps ; 12⁰.
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Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
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Evans, 34145
English Short Title Catalog, W31850.
English Short Title Catalog, W31850.
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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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Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831, printer.
Andrews, Ebenezer Turrell, 1766-1851, printer.
Penniman, Obadiah, 1776-1820, bookseller.
Butler, Samuel, 1765-1827, bookseller.
Andrews, Ebenezer Turrell, 1766-1851, printer.
Penniman, Obadiah, 1776-1820, bookseller.
Butler, Samuel, 1765-1827, bookseller.
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