Elements of geography : 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 a reading and classical book in common schools, and as a useful winter evening's entertainment for young people in private families. Illustrated with a neat 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--author of the American universal geography, and of the American gazetteer. [Three lines from Backus].
| Author/creator | Morse, Jedidiah |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Third edition, improved. |
| Publication Info | Printed at Boston : By I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews. Sold by them, at Faust's Statue, and by I. Thomas, in Worcester; in Albany, by Thomas, Andrews, & Penniman; in Baltimore, by Thomas, Andrews & Butler; and by other booksellers, in different parts of the United States, Feb. 1798. |
| Description | xii, 1 unnumbered page, 14-143, 1 unnumbered page, 2 unnumbered pagesfolded leaves of plates : 2 maps ; 12⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831 printer. |
| Other author/creator | Andrews, Ebenezer Turrell, 1766-1851, printer. |
| Other author/creator | Penniman, Obadiah, 1776-1820, bookseller. |
| Other author/creator | Butler, Samuel, 1765-1827, bookseller. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library. |
| References | Evans, 34145 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, W31850. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Genre/form | Juvenile literature 1798. |
| Genre/form | Textbooks. |
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