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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 reading and classical book in common schools, and as a useful winter evening's entertainment for young people in private families. Illustrated with a beautiful 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. [Three lines from Backus].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geography.
- Astronomy.
- Genre:
- Juvenile literature -- 1796.
- Textbooks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii,[1],14-143,[1]p., [2]folded leaves of plates ) 2 maps ;
- Edition:
- Second edition corrected.
- Other Title:
- Elements of geography
- Place of Publication:
- Printed at Boston : by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews. Sold by them, at Faust's Statue, and by I. Thomas, in Worcester; also, in New York, by S. Campbell; in Philadelphia, by M. Carey; in Baltimore, by Thomas, Andrews and Butler; and by other booksellers, in different parts of the United States, Feb. 1796.
- Notes:
- "Chart of the world on Mercators projection" signed: H. sc.
- Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 30826
- English Short Title Catalog, W31849.
- OCLC:
- 511211207
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