Elements of geography, and of natural and civil history. : Containing, I. The order of the Spheres. II. The economy of the sublunary works of creation, inanimate and living. III. Picturesque and general sketches of the different parts of the Earth; and the varied appearances and manners of it's inhabitants. IV. The rise, revolution, and fall, of the principal empires of the world. V. Changes through different ages in the manners of mankind. VI. VII. VIII. IX. Description of the different quarters of the world: Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. Their divisions into countries, provinces, &c. Their climates, soils, animals, plants, minerals, mountains, rivers, lakes, canals, commerce, manufactures, curiosities, schools, learning, literati, religious professions, language, government, history, &c. By John Walker.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Walker, John, 1759-1830.

Series:

• Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Geography--Textbooks--Early works to 1800.
• Geography--Textbooks.

Physical Description:

16 unnumbered pages,516, that is, 616pages,30 foldedplates : maps ; 8⁰

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed and sold by Darton and Harvey, Gracechurch-Street; sold also by H.D. Symonds, Paternoster-Row; Vernor and Hood, Birchin-Lane; and C.D. Piguenit, Aldgate, 1795.

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• text file

Notes:

• P.616 misnumbered 516.
• 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 Cambridge University Library.

Cited in:

• Smith, J. Friends' books, 2.853
• English Short Title Catalog, N31498.

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