An encyclopædia of geography
Subtitle: comprising a complete description of the earth, exhibiting its relation to the heavenly bodies, its physical structure, the natural history of each country, and the industry, commerce, political institutions, and civil and social state of all nations
By: by Hugh Murray, F.R.S.E. assisted by William Wallace, A.M. F.R.S.E. Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, Robert Jameson, F.R.S.E. Regius Professor of Natural History, Lecturer on Mineralogy, etc. in the University of Edinburgh, Sir W. J. Hooker, K.H. LL.D. F.R.A. & L.S. Regius Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow, William Swainson, Esq. F.R.S. & F.L.S. &c. &c. ; Illustrated by eighty-two maps drawn by Sidney Hall
Contributors: Wallace, William, 1768-1843; Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854; Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865; Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Hall, Sidney, illustrator
Edition: Second edition, thoroughly revised and brought down to the present time.
Publisher: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans
Published: 1840
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1576
Subjects: Geography; Encyclopedias
Notes: First 16 pages and last 16 pages include advertisements for other encyclopaedias and works printed by Longman, Orme and Company.