Geography made easy : being an abridgment of the American universal geography. . To which is added, an improved chronological table of remarkable events, from the creation to the present time. Illustrated with a map of the world, and a map of Nort America. Calculated particularly for the use and improvement of schools and academies in the United States of America. By Jedidiah Morse, D.D. Minister of the congregation in Charlestown, Massachusetts-- Author of the American universal geography, and the American gazetteer. Published according to act of Congress.

Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826. ; I. Thomas; E.T. Andrews

Published by Published by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, Faust's statue, no. 45, Newbury Street. Sold by said Thomas & Andrews, and other booksellers, in Boston; I. Thomas, in Worcester; S. Campbell, New York; Thomas, Andrews & Penniman, Albany; M. Carey, Philadelphia; and Thomas, Andrews & Butler, Baltimore, Printed at Boston,1798, 1798

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Sixth edition / corrected by the author.; viii, [9]-432 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : 2 maps [none present] ; 18 cm. (12mo) ; LC G125 .M85 1798 ; Signatures: A-U? W? X-2M? ; Evans 34146 ; LCCN 34036300 ; OCLC 1205326984 ; clear cellophane repair to torn title page ; maps of the world not present ; p. 185 mis-numbered 158 ; tear and loss to last page and back endpaper; no evidence that maps were ever included in this copy ; "Jedidiah Morse (born Aug. 23, 1761, Woodstock, Conn., U.S.-died June 9, 1826, New Haven, Conn.) was an American Congregational minister and geographer, who was the author of the first textbook on American geography published in the United States, Geography Made Easy (1784). His geographical writings dominated the field in the United States until his death. While a young man teaching school in New Haven, Morse developed an interest in U.S. geography because, as he wrote, "so imperfect are all the accounts of America hitherto published . . . that from them very little knowledge of this country can be gained." The success of Geography Made Easy (25 editions during his lifetime) encouraged him to produce the work that firmly established his reputation, The American Geography (1789), known in later editions as The American Universal Geography. The inventor Samuel F.B. Morse (1791-1872) was his eldest son.--Britannica ; FAIR.

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• Title: Geography made easy : being an abridgment of the American universal geography. . To which is added, an improved chronological table of remarkable events, from the creation to the present time. Illustrated with a map of the world, and a map of Nort America. Calculated particularly for the use and improvement of schools and academies in the United States of America. By Jedidiah Morse, D.D. Minister of the congregation in Charlestown, Massachusetts-- Author of the American universal geography, and...
• Publisher: Published by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, Faust's statue, no. 45, Newbury Street. Sold by said Thomas & Andrews, and other booksellers, in Boston; I. Thomas, in Worcester; S. Campbell, New York; Thomas, Andrews & Penniman, Albany; M. Carey, Philadelphia; and Thomas, Andrews & Butler, Baltimore, Printed at Boston,1798
• Publication Date: 1798
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 5th or later Edition.
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Book