A geographical vocabulary
Subtitle: designed as a guide to a topographical knowledge of the whole surface of the globe, by maps
By: By the preceptor of the private academy in Portland
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 30586; Harvard social studies textbooks preservation microfilm project -- 01878
Publisher: Published by Stephen Patten, no. 10, Exchange-Street. Arthur Shirley, printer.
Published: 1813
Place of publication: Portland [Me.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 46
Subjects: Geography
Notes: Advertised as "Just published" in the Portland gazette, Dec. 27, 1813. Probably written by Nathaniel C. Carter, preceptor of the Portland Academy at that date. Attributed to Nathaniel Wright by Joseph Williamson in his Bibliography of the state of Maine (Portland, 1896). Williamson posited the existence of an 1811 edition, of which no copy is known; Wright was preceptor of the Academy in 1811.

A section on "Method of teaching" (p. v-vi) describes how to teach geography using this text along with maps of the world and the United States.

"Copyright secured according to law."--p. [47].

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"Books and stationary. Stephen Patten, at no. 10, Jones' Row, Exchange-Street, Portland, has constantly for sale, a well assorted and large collection of books, in every branch of literature ..."--p. [47].

Shaw & Shoemaker 30586

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Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.