The rudiments of geography : Being a concise description of the various kingdoms, states, empires, countries, and islands in the world: : Together with their latitudes, longitudes, extent, boundaries, rivers, lakes, air, climate, soil, produce, manufactures, chief towns, population, religion, and learning. : With an introduction, explaining the astronomical part of geography. : To which is added an enlarged chronological table of the most important events which have happened, from the Creation of the world to the present day. / By John Hubbard, Esq.
| Author/creator | Hubbard, John |
| Other author | Doolittle, Amos, 1754-1832 engraver. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Fourth edition, carefully revised and corrected by the author. [One line in Latin from Cicero]. |
| Publication Info | Troy, N.Y. : Published by Wright, Goodenow & Stockwell, and sold wholesale and retail at the Rensellaer Book-Store. C. Felch, printer--Walpole, N.H., 1808. |
| Description | x, 1 unnumbered page, 12-240 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : 1 map ; 17 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 15277. ^A575643 |
| General note | "The following compendium of geography is intended entirely for the use of schools, and those persons who have not leisure to peruse a larger treatise. ... He has not followed the common method of teaching the elements of geography by question and answer, ... He has made it his study to exhibit to the reader, in as short and concise a manner as possible, all the most important objects of geography. ..."--Preface, p. [v], dated: Deerfield, (Mass.) 16th Feb. 1803. |
| General note | Massachusetts District copyright Feb. 23, 1803 by John Hubbard. |
| General note | Error in paging: page 144 misnumbered 44. |
| General note | Map has caption "Map of the world with the latest discoveries[.] Engraved for Hubbard's Rudiments of geography." Signed: Doolittle [i.e., Amos Doolittle] sculp. |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 15277 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 15277). |
| Genre/form | Juvenile literature 1808. |
| Genre/form | Textbooks. |
| Genre/form | Maps World. |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |