1791 RARE Morse Geography Made Easy Boston Indians MAPS

1791 RARE Morse Geography Made Easy Boston Indians MAPS Atlas Asia

Jedidiah Morse was an important and prominent geographer known for his American textbooks, books that earned him the name ‘father of American geography.’ His most famous book was ‘American Universal Geography,’ which outlined and detailed all of the known countries and parts of the world. An abridged edition was also printed for use in schools which was given the title ‘Geography Made Easy’ – a work which Howes refers to as “the first American school geography and first American book describing the western country.”

This 1791 edition includes fine maps, as expected in such atlases.

Item number: #9842

Price: $499

MORSE, Jedidiah

Geography made easy: being an abridgement of the American geography... To which is added, a geographical account of the European settlements in America; and of Europe, Asia and Africa. Illustrated with eight neat maps and cuts, newly engraved. Calculated particularly for the use and improvement of schools in the United States of America. By Jedidiah Morse, A.M. Minister of the congregation in Charlestown, near Boston.

Boston: Printed by Samuel Hall, no. 53, Cornhill, MDCCXCI. [1791].

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

viii, 323, [1]

7 maps (of 8)

References: Howes M 842; Sabin 50936; Evans 34146

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight & secure

Size: ~7in X 4.25in (17.5cm x 11cm)

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Condition Report: Excellent