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Abridgment of the American Gazetteer, Exhibiting, in Alphabetical Order, a Compendious Account of the States, Provinces, Counties, Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers, Bays, Harbours, Gulfs, Sounds, Capes, Mountains, Forts, Indian Tribes & New Discoveries on the American Continent, and Its Appendant Islands, Particularly the West Indies....Abridged by the Author
by Morse, Jedidiah
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About This Item
Boston: Thomas and Andrews, Printers. Poor. 1798. Abridged Edition. Hardcover. Brown leather binding LACKING BACKSTRIP, BACK BOARD & LAST INDEX PAGE; front board detached, badly chipped & abraded; many points in textblock loosening and/or separating; last index page present badly chipped & abraded, nearly repaired with clear tape; most leaf edges chipped; leaf edges, some leaves foxed. ; In 20th century custom made, cloth covered hinged case; black & white fold-out frontis map present; 1810 news article tipped-in at front paste-down. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 386 pages .
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- Title
- Abridgment of the American Gazetteer, Exhibiting, in Alphabetical Order, a Compendious Account of the States, Provinces, Counties, Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers, Bays, Harbours, Gulfs, Sounds, Capes, Mountains, Forts, Indian Tribes & New Discoveries on the American Continent, and Its Appendant Islands, Particularly the West Indies....Abridged by the Author
- Author
- Morse, Jedidiah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Edition
- Abridged Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas and Andrews, Printers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1798
- Keywords
- Father of American Geography, 18th Century American Geographers, Early American Geography
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- GC: History;
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- Foxed
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- Poor
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