Item #005326 THE AMERICAN COMPANION; or, A BREIF SKETCH OF GEOGRAPHY: which points out the climate, latitude, and longitude, bearing per compass, and distance in geographical miles, of each place, from the City of Washington, together with the length of the longest days and nights, and conversely. P. Hawkes.
THE AMERICAN COMPANION; or, A BREIF SKETCH OF GEOGRAPHY: which points out the climate, latitude, and longitude, bearing per compass, and distance in geographical miles, of each place, from the City of Washington, together with the length of the longest days and nights, and conversely.
THE AMERICAN COMPANION; or, A BREIF SKETCH OF GEOGRAPHY: which points out the climate, latitude, and longitude, bearing per compass, and distance in geographical miles, of each place, from the City of Washington, together with the length of the longest days and nights, and conversely.

THE AMERICAN COMPANION; or, A BREIF SKETCH OF GEOGRAPHY: which points out the climate, latitude, and longitude, bearing per compass, and distance in geographical miles, of each place, from the City of Washington, together with the length of the longest days and nights, and conversely.

Philadelphia: R. Desilver and R.H. Small, 1827. 1st Edition. Leather. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good. Item #005326

1st edition. A Very Good copy. 8vo., viii, 237 pp. Bound in contemporary full leather, with the title on a red morocco label on the spine; the spine is simply decorated with 6 double ruled compartments. Some light edge wear to the tips and the spine's joints. Some old notation on the front paste down in pencil. Foxing and light browning throughout. A Very Good copy. *** The author would like the advancements of the sciences, and knowledge of Geography to be available to the people, especially the youth. Listing over 8000 places in the world, he gives, in a table/graph form, the latitude, longitude, relative climate (on a scale of 1-14, 1 being the equator) and distance and bearing from Washington DC. On general items, such as Hanseatic towns, he will give a short description like ""a name given to several port towns in Germany, anciently confederated to protect their rights and trade...principal were Lubeck and Hamburg". ***.

Price: $200.00

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