A new and easy introduction to universal geography : in a series of letters to a youth at school : describing the figure, motions and dimensions of the earth, the different seasons of the year, the situation and extent of the several empires, kingdoms, states, and provinces, their government, customs, religion, manners and characters of the reigning sovereigns / by the Rev. R. Turner, Jun. ... ; illustrated with copper-plates, and a new set of pocket maps, drawn and engraved by the best artists, on purpose for the work.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, R. (Richard), 1753-1788.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geography.

Geography--Juvenile literature.

Genre:

Advertisements -- England -- London -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Elias, Archibald C. (donor)

Physical Description:

xii, 259, that is, 295 pages, 26 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 14 cm

Edition:

Thirteenth edition, improved and considerably enlarged / ... ; to which is added, a large map of the world on which are delineated the different tracks of Captain Cook's ship, in his three voyages around the world ; also a plate of the terrestrial globe, and a plate of a new and curious geographical clock.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for J. Johnson ... [and 6 others], 1808.

Notes:

P.295 misnumbered 259. Final page advertisement.

Originally published in 1780, cf. Osborne Coll. I, p. 192-193.

OCLC:

802060911