The American geography; or, A view of the present situation of the United States of America: containing astronomical geography; geographical definitions, discovery, and general description ... By Jedidiah Morse, A.M.

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Title
The American geography; or, A view of the present situation of the United States of America: containing astronomical geography; geographical definitions, discovery, and general description ... By Jedidiah Morse, A.M.
Names
Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814 (Publisher)
Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826 (Author)
Collection

Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases

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Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1794
Place: London
Publisher: Printed for J. Stockdale
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 97-6215 [LHS 3013, atlas cases]
Topics
United States
Geography
United States
Genres
Maps
Notes
Ownership: 17595B Copy 2.
Citation/reference: Sabin 50924 Copy 1
Content: Copy in Map Div. 97-6215: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection.
Content: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 3013.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Ownership: Lenox Copy 1.
Content: A new edition, revised, corrected, and greatly enlarged, by the author, and illustrated with twenty-five maps.
Content: Another edition, published in London in 1794 has a slight variation in title and three maps only.
Content: Copy 1: Duyckinck Collection.
Physical Description
Extent: 3 p.l., [v]-vi p., 2 l., 715 [really 713] (1) p., 24 maps (7 fold.), 1 plan. 4to.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 6989433
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14115138
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5a6ff920-c5d4-012f-18c8-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "The American geography; or, A view of the present situation of the United States of America: containing astronomical geography; geographical definitions, discovery, and general description ... By Jedidiah Morse, A.M." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1794. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5a6ff920-c5d4-012f-18c8-58d385a7bc34

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "The American geography; or, A view of the present situation of the United States of America: containing astronomical geography; geographical definitions, discovery, and general description ... By Jedidiah Morse, A.M." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5a6ff920-c5d4-012f-18c8-58d385a7bc34

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1794). The American geography; or, A view of the present situation of the United States of America: containing astronomical geography; geographical definitions, discovery, and general description ... By Jedidiah Morse, A.M. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5a6ff920-c5d4-012f-18c8-58d385a7bc34

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The American geography; or, A view of the present situation of the United States of America: containing astronomical geography; geographical definitions, discovery, and general description ... By Jedidiah Morse, A.M.