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A new system of modern geography, or, A geographical, historical, and commercial grammar, and present state of the several kingdoms of the world [microform] : containing I. the figures, motions, and distances of the planets ... II. a general view of the Earth ... III. the grand divisions of the globe into land and water, continents and islands ... VIII. the history and origin of nations, their forms of government, religion, laws, revenues, taxes, naval and military strength ... / by William Guthrie ; the astronomical part by James Ferguson.

Full title: A new system of modern geography, or, A geographical, historical, and commercial grammar, and present state of the several kingdoms of the world [microform] : containing I. the figures, motions, and distances of the planets ... II. a general view of the Earth ... III. the grand divisions of the globe into land and water, continents and islands ... VIII. the history and origin of nations, their forms of government, religion, laws, revenues, taxes, naval and military strength ... / by William Guthrie ; the astronomical part by James Ferguson.

Author/creator: Ferguson, James, 1710-1776, Knox, John, 1720-1790, Guthrie, William, 1708-1770.

Date: 1795..

Call Numbers: T/RAV/FM4/2

Record Identifier: 74VvmAm6JOp3

Language: English

Contents: 1098, [28] p.

Publishers: London : Printed for C. Dilly, 1795.

Access: Available online via The Making of the Modern World.

Notes: "To which have been added, the late discoveries of Dr. Herschell, and other eminent astronomers" Includes index. Of this popular grammar, Knox, the bookseller, is said to be the real compiler.--NUC pre-1956. The original edition (1770) and many others have title "A new geographical, historical, and commercial grammar"; other later editions, "A universal geography."--NUC pre-1956.

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    A new system of modern geography, or, A geographical, historical, and commercial grammar, and present state of the several kingdoms of the world [microform] : containing I. the figures, motions, and distances of the planets ... II. a general view of the Earth ... III. the grand divisions of the globe into land and water, continents and islands ... VIII. the history and origin of nations, their forms of government, religion, laws, revenues, taxes, naval and military strength ... / by William Guthrie ; the astronomical part by James Ferguson.

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    A new system of modern geography, or, A geographical, historical, and commercial grammar, and present state of the several kingdoms of the world [microform] : containing I. the figures, motions, and distances of the planets ... II. a general view of the Earth ... III. the grand divisions of the globe into land and water, continents and islands ... VIII. the history and origin of nations, their forms of government, religion, laws, revenues, taxes, naval and military strength ... / by William Guthrie ; the astronomical part by James Ferguson.

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    A new system of modern geography, or, A geographical, historical, and commercial grammar, and present state of the several kingdoms of the world [microform] : containing I. the figures, motions, and distances of the planets ... II. a general view of the Earth ... III. the grand divisions of the globe into land and water, continents and islands ... VIII. the history and origin of nations, their forms of government, religion, laws, revenues, taxes, naval and military strength ... / by William Guthrie ; the astronomical part by James Ferguson.

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    A new system of modern geography, or, A geographical, historical, and commercial grammar, and present state of the several kingdoms of the world [microform] : containing I. the figures, motions, and distances of the planets ... II. a general view of the Earth ... III. the grand divisions of the globe into land and water, continents and islands ... VIII. the history and origin of nations, their forms of government, religion, laws, revenues, taxes, naval and military strength ... / by William Guthrie ; the astronomical part by James Ferguson.

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    Guthrie, William, 1708-1770.

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    London : Printed for C. Dilly, 1795.

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    1795.

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    T/RAV/FM4/2

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    74VvmAm6JOp3

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    English

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