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]

  • Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826.
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Feb. 1798
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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.

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xii,[1],14-143,[1]p., [2]folded leaves of plates : 2 maps ; 120.

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Third edition, improved.

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ESTC W31850
Evans, 34145

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