Elements of Geography, Ancient and Modern: With an Atlas (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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IN the second edition of the Elements of Geography, various alterations have been made, with a view better to adapt the information to the present state of the world, and also to make improvements in the general plan of the work. The principal alterations are the following 1st. The census of the' United States for 1820, instead of that for l810, has been made use of. 2. The statistics of °many foreign countries have bejn given for a more recent date. 3. Round numbers have been generally adopted, being more easily remembered, and sufficiently minute in a work of this kind. 4. Statistical and other information exhibited in the form of tables, has been separated in om the body of the work, and formed into a distinct division, under the head of Comparative Geography, with questions in order to facilitate the use of the tables. 5. Facts com mon to the general divisions of the United States, have been given under those general divisions, in order to pre vent the repetition of them under the individual states. 6 Short historical notices have been added. 7. In some instances -matter contained in the first edition has been omitted or abridged, in order to make room for other matter deemed more important. 8. A vocabulary has been added, giving the pronunciation of 'most of the common geographical names, respecting the pronunci.

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