Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814.
2. Duyckinck Collection.

Description

1. 3 p.l., [v]-vi p., 2 l., 715 [really 713] (1) p., 24 maps (7 fold.), 1 plan.; 4to.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 3013.
2. National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.

Alternative title

1. American geography
2. View of the present situation of the United States of America

Subject

1. Geography > Early works to 1800
2. United States > Maps > Early works to 1800
3. United States > Description and travel > Early works to 1800

Call number

1. *KF 1794 (Morse, J. American geography)

Note

1. "A list of books and authors quoted and referred to in the foregoing work," p. 715.
2. Another edition, published in London in 1794 has a slight variation in title and three maps only.

Indexed in (note)

1. Sabin

Author

1. Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826.

Title

1. 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.

Imprint

1. London, Printed for J. Stockdale, 1794.

Edition

1. A new edition, revised, corrected, and greatly enlarged, by the author, and illustrated with twenty-five maps.

Indexed in:

1. Sabin 50924 Copy 1

Local note

1. Copy 1: Duyckinck Collection.
2. Copy in Map Div. 97-6215: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814.
2. Duyckinck Collection.

LCCN

1. 03020641

Research call number

1. *KF 1794 (Morse, J. American geography) Copy 1
2. 8-*KF 1794 (Morse, J. American geography) Copy 2
3. Map Div. 97-6215 [LHS 3013, atlas cases]