A plain system of geography : connected with a variety of astronomical observations, familiarly discussed in a conversation between a father and his son: Containing an Account of The Figure, Motion, and Dimensions of the Earth;-a View of the Solar System; the Motions, Distances, &c. of the Planets; a Survey of the Fixed Stars;-an Account of the Circles belonging to the Sphere, and of the different Seasons, as arising from the Earth's Annual Motion;-The Nature and Use of the Terrestrial Globe, with some Necessary Directions relative to Maps;-The Grand Division of the Earth into Land and Water, Continents and Islands;-The Situation and Extent of the several Kingdoms, Provinces, States, and Empires; their Soil, Produce, Governments, Customs, Manners, Religion, &c. By Evan Lloyd, schoolmaster. Illustrated with copperplates and maps.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lloyd, Evan, Schoolmaster.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geography--Textbooks.

Geography.

Geography--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv,204,[2]p.,plates ) maps ;

Other Title:

Plain system of geography

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : printed for the author, by Mundell & Son, Royal Bank Close, 1797.

Notes:

With a half-title, a list of subscribers and a final errata leaf.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T1308.

OCLC:

642364359