The Geographical Magazine; Or, A New, Copious, Compleat, and Universal System of Geography. Containing An accurate and entertaining Account and Description of the several Continents, Islands, Peninsulas, Isthmuses, Capes, Promontories, Lakes, Rivers, Seas, Oceans, Gulphs, and Bays, of Asia, Africa, Europe, and America; Divided Into Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Colonies; etc. etc. The Literature, Arts, Sciences, Trade, Manufactures, and Commerce. Etc. etc. To which are prefixed, An Introductory Treatise on the Sciences of GEOGRAPHY and ASTRONOMY; and their Relation to each other: A New and Familiar Guide to the Use of the Celestial and Terrestrial Globes.

[MAVOR] MARTYN William Frederick

Published by Printed for Harrison and Co. London Vol. II only of 2. Small folio, 1783

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pp. vi, 608, (i) Address to the Public, (i) Maps and Plates. Frontispiece, 23 folding engraved maps by J. BAYLY, 19 engraved plates. Contemporary calf, marbled end-papers, boards rubbed, worn and detached, the title creased vertically, foxed and dusty in the margins, old and faded damping in the inner margins of the last few gatherings including 3 maps and a plate, overall text, maps and plates all clean and in good order. *The section on America, North and South, occupies pages 451 to 534, with 2 maps and a plate of the Niagara Falls; it covers CANADA - NEW ENGLAND - NEW JERSEY - PENNSYLVANIA - MARYLAND - VIRGINIA - NORTH & SOUTH CAROLINA - GEORGIA - FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA - NEW & OLD MEXICO - SPANISH & PORTUGUESE AMERICA including BRAZIL, PERU, CHILI, PARAGUAY, PATAGONIA.

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• Title: The Geographical Magazine; Or, A New, Copious, Compleat, and Universal System of Geography. Containing An accurate and entertaining Account and Description of the several Continents, Islands, Peninsulas, Isthmuses, Capes, Promontories, Lakes, Rivers, Seas, Oceans, Gulphs, and Bays, of Asia, Africa, Europe, and America; Divided Into Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Colonies; etc. etc. The Literature, Arts, Sciences, Trade, Manufactures, and Commerce. Etc. etc. To which are prefixed, An ...
• Publisher: Printed for Harrison and Co. London Vol. II only of 2. Small folio
• Publication Date: 1783
• Binding: Hardcover