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Items General geography, and rudiments of useful knowledge. In nine sections ... Illustrated with an elegant improved plate of the solar system ... a map of the world ... of the United States ... and several engravings on wood. Digested on a new plan, and designed for the use of schools. By H. G. Spafford.
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General geography, and rudiments of useful knowledge. In nine sections ... Illustrated with an elegant improved plate of the solar system ... a map of the world ... of the United States ... and several engravings on wood. Digested on a new plan, and designed for the use of schools. By H. G. Spafford.

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

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General geography, and rudiments of useful knowledge. In nine sections ... Illustrated with an elegant improved plate of the solar system ... a map of the world ... of the United States ... and several engravings on wood. Digested on a new plan, and designed for the use of schools. By H. G. Spafford.
Names
Spafford, Horatio Gates, 1778-1832 (Cartographer)
Croswell & Frary (Publisher)
Fairman, Gideon, 1774-1827 (Engraver)
Collection

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

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Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1809
Place: Hudson
Publisher: Printed by Croswell & Frary
Topics
Geography
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Copy in Map Div. 97-6446 in Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection.
Content: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 4004.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Wilberforce Eames Collection.
Physical Description
Extent: Xii, 381 p. 2 fold. maps (incl. front.) diagrs. 18 cm.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 4651961
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13014516
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ccefaff0-c5d4-012f-1939-58d385a7bc34
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  • 1832: Creator Died
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The New York Public Library. "General geography, and rudiments of useful knowledge. In nine sections ... Illustrated with an elegant improved plate of the solar system ... a map of the world ... of the United States ... and several engravings on wood. Digested on a new plan, and designed for the use of schools. By H. G. Spafford." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1809. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ccefaff0-c5d4-012f-1939-58d385a7bc34

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The New York Public Library. "General geography, and rudiments of useful knowledge. In nine sections ... Illustrated with an elegant improved plate of the solar system ... a map of the world ... of the United States ... and several engravings on wood. Digested on a new plan, and designed for the use of schools. By H. G. Spafford." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ccefaff0-c5d4-012f-1939-58d385a7bc34

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The New York Public Library. (1809). General geography, and rudiments of useful knowledge. In nine sections ... Illustrated with an elegant improved plate of the solar system ... a map of the world ... of the United States ... and several engravings on wood. Digested on a new plan, and designed for the use of schools. By H. G. Spafford. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ccefaff0-c5d4-012f-1939-58d385a7bc34

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General geography, and rudiments of useful knowledge. In nine sections ... Illustrated with an elegant improved plate of the solar system ... a map of the world ... of the United States ... and several engravings on wood. Digested on a new plan, and designed for the use of schools. By H. G. Spafford.