Document Record

Creator

Walker, John, 1759-1830, author

Title

Elements of geography : with the principles of natural philosophy, and sketches of general history : containing I. The figure of the earth, and the elements of mechanics and astronomy --II. The econmy of the sublunary works of creation, living and inanimate ... --III. Picturesque and general sketches of the different parts of the earth, and the varied appearances and manners of its inhabitants, both man and brute ... --IV. The rise, revolutions and fall of the principal empires of the world ... --V. Changes through different ages in the manners of mankind ... --VI. VII. VIII. IX. Descriptions of the different quarters of the world, Europe, Asia, Africa, and America ...

Published

Dublin : Printed for the author, and sold by Robert Jackson ..., also, by James Phillips ..., London, and Joseph Crukshank, Philadelphia, 1738.

Identifier

oocihm.17243
17243

Subject

Geography -- Text-books -- Before 1800.
Géographie -- Manuels -- Avant 1800.
Canada -- Description and travel.
North America -- Description and travel.
Amérique du Nord -- Descriptions et voyages.
Canada -- Descriptions et voyages.

Document source

Electronic reproduction.

Notes

viii, 216, 167 pages, 10 folded plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.

Collection

Monographs

Language

English

Persistent URL

https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m0dr2p55j64b