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A new and correct edition of the American geography; or, A view off the present situation of the United States of America : Containing Astronomical geography.-Geographical definitions, discovery, and general description of America and the United States:-Of their boundaries; mountains; lakes; bays and rivers; natural history; productions; population; government; agriculture; commerce; manufactures; and history.-A concise account of the war, and of the important events which have succeeded. With a particular description of Kentucky, the Western Territory, and Vermont.-Of their extent; civil divisions; chief towns; climates; ...; trade; character; constitutions; courts of justice; colleges; academies; religion; islands; Indians; literary and humane societies; springs; curiosities; histories; &c. To which is added an abridgment of the geography of the British, Spanish, French, and Dutch dominions in America and the West Indies.-Of Europe, Asia, and Africa. By Jedidiah Morse. Illustrated with two sheet maps-one of the southern, the other of the northern states-from the latest surveys-with five additional maps, not in any former edition-one of the world as known to the ancients-one of the world, with all the modern discoveries-one of Europe-one of Asia-and one of Africa.
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- Author/Creator:
- Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826.
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
- Standardized Title:
- American geography
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 531 pages, 1 unnumbered page,plates : maps ; 8⁰
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : printed for R. Morison and son, booksellers, Perth; and Vernor and Hood, Birchin Lane, London, 1795.
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, N4899.
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- Restricted for use by site license.
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