A New Gazetteer of the Eastern Continent; or, a Geographical Dictionary: Containing, In Alphabetical Order, a Description of all the Countries, Kingdoms, States, Cities, Towns, Principal Rivers, Lakes, Harbours, Mountains, &c. &c. in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Their Adjacent Islands
Charlestown: Samuel Etheridge, 1802. First Edition. Leather. Octavo size, approx. [600] pp. Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826) published numerous volumes on geography during his life; the publication of his first thorough geographical work, "The American Gazetteer", garnered him the title "the father of American geography". "A New Gazetteer" serves as a second..... More