The rudiments of geography : being a concise description of the various kingdoms, states, empires, countries, and islands in the world. : Together with their latitudes, longitudes, extent, boundaries, rivers, lakes, air, climate, soil, produce, manufactures, chief towns, population, religion, and learning. : With an introduction explaining the astronomical part of geography. : To which is added, a chronological table of the most important events which have happened from the Creation of the world to the present day. / By John Hubbard, Esq. ; Published according to act of Congress. ; [One line in Latin from Cicero].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hubbard, John, 1759-1810.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 4406.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geography.

Commercial geography.

Chronology, Historical.

Genre:

Juvenile literature -- 1803.

Textbooks.

Maps -- World.

Physical Description:

5 unnumbered pages, 10-232 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : 1 map ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

Walpole, N.H. : Printed for Thomas & Thomas, by David Newhall., 1803.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

"The following compendium of geography is intended entirely for the use of schools, and those persons who have not leisure to peruse a larger treatise. ... He has not followed the common method of teaching the elements of geography by question and answer, ... He has made it his study to exhibit to the reader, in as short and concise a manner as possible, all the most important objects of geography. ..."--Preface, p. [4], dated: Deerfield, Massachusetts, 16th Feb. 1803.

Map has caption: A new map of the world with the latest discoveries[.] Engraved for Morse's Abridment of geography[.] Published by Thomas & Andrews Boston.

Errors in paging: page 131, 175 misnumbered 13, 17.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 4406).

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