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First Edinburgh edition of A New and Correct Edition of the American Geography by Jedidiah Morse, the father of American Geography.
First Edinburgh edition of A New and Correct Edition of the American Geography by Jedidiah Morse, the father of American Geography.
First Edinburgh edition of A New and Correct Edition of the American Geography by Jedidiah Morse, the father of American Geography.
First Edinburgh edition of A New and Correct Edition of the American Geography by Jedidiah Morse, the father of American Geography.

MORSE, Jedidiah.

A New and Correct Edition of the American Geography; or, a View of the Present Situation of the United States of America: astronomical geography - geographical definitions, discovery, and general description of America and the United States:- of their boundaries; mountains; lakes; bays and rivers; natural history; productions; population; government; agriculture; commerce; manufactures; and history. - A concise account of the War, and the important events which have succeeded.

Edinburgh, For R. Morison and Son, 1795.

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Early edition of this highly important work on America with some of the earliest maps of the States and territories.

Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826) produced this as the first geography textbook deliberately oriented towards the forming United States. The first edition came out in 1789, the year George Washington was first elected President, and was completed when a second volume was released in 1793. It would go on to be released almost yearly, and earn Morse the nickname of 'father of American geography.'

In this edition the two large folding maps of the Southern and Northern States are present, showing the United States before western expansion, and includes the known territories of many of the Native American tribes such as the Chocktaw, Muscogee, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Seminole, Iroquois, Algonquin, and Huron.

First Edinburgh edition; 8vo (22 x 14.5 cm); 7 engraved folding maps (including Joseph Purcell, 'The States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia; comprehending the Spanish Provinces of East and West Florida', and 'The Northern and Middle States'), maps backed on old linen, folding table at rear, bookplate to pastedown; original marbled boards rebacked and cornered, spine in six gilt compartments with gilt red morocco lettering piece, a very good copy; xiv, (15)-531pp.

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First Edinburgh edition of A New and Correct Edition of the American Geography by Jedidiah Morse, the father of American Geography.

A New and Correct Edition of the American Geography;

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