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Map of the Northern and Middle States. Morse, Jedidiah, 1789

Map of the Northern and Middle States. / Morse, Jedidiah / 1789
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Full Title: A Map of the Northern and Middle States; Comprehending the Western Territory and the British Dominions in North America. Compiled from the best Authorities. Delineated & Engrav'd for Morse's Geography by Amos Doolittle, New Haven.

Author: Morse, Jedidiah

Date: 1789

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Author: Morse, Jedidiah

Date: 1789

Short Title: Map of the Northern and Middle States.

Publisher: Elizabeth Town: Shepard Kollock

Type: Book Map

Object Height cm: 32

Object Width cm: 39

Scale 1: 6,950,000

Note: Uncolored map showing the boundaries between the United States and British Dominions, and between the States. Counties in New York, Long Island and Massachusetts are numbered and named.

Reference: Howes M840; Felcone 147, Sabin 50924.

State / Province: U.S. North East

Full Title: A Map of the Northern and Middle States; Comprehending the Western Territory and the British Dominions in North America. Compiled from the best Authorities. Delineated & Engrav'd for Morse's Geography by Amos Doolittle, New Haven.

List No: 2894.002

Series No: 3

Engraver or Printer: Doolittle, Amos

Published In: The American Geography; or, A View of the Present Situation of the United States of America ... Illustrated with two Sheet Maps-One of the Southern, the other of the Northern States, neatly and elegantly engraved, and more correct than any that have hitherto been published ... By Jedidiah Morse. Elizabeth Town: Printed by Shepard Kollock, for the Author. M,DCC,LXXXIX.

Publication Author: Morse, Jedidiah

Publication Date: 1789

Publication Reference: Howes M840; Felcone 147, Sabin 50924.

Publication Note: The first American Geography. Revised from the school text "Geography Made Easy", published in 1784. Governor William Livingston of New Jersey contributed to the text, and Morse in return dedicated the book to him (Felcone). The two maps were engraved by Amos Doolittle who compiled the map of the northern states, while Joseph Purcell compiled the southern states map. Includes the errata leaf and the tipped in leaf of corrections at the end. Bound in full leather with "Morse's Geography" in gilt on spine.

Publication List No: 2894.000

Publication Type: Geography Book

Publication Maps: 2

Publication Height cm: 21

Publication Width cm: 12

Image No: 2894002

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