A plain system of geography connected with a variety of astronomical observations, familiarly discussed in a conversation between a father and his son: Containing an Account of The Figure, Motion, and Dimensions of the Earth;-a View of the Solar System; the Motions, Distances, &c. of the Planets; a Survey of the Fixed Stars;-an Account of the Circles belonging to the Sphere, and of the different Seasons, as arising from the Earth's Annual Motion;-The Nature and Use of the Terrestrial Globe, with some Necessary Directions relative to Maps;-The Grand Division of the Earth into Land and Water, Continents and Islands;-The Situation and Extent of the several Kingdoms, Provinces, States, and Empires; their Soil, Produce, Governments, Customs, Manners, Religion, &c. By Evan Lloyd, schoolmaster. Illustrated with copperplates and maps

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Lloyd, Evan
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh printed for the author, by Mundell & Son, Royal Bank Close 1797, 1797
Subjects:	Geography / Study And Teaching Geography / Textbooks
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/0138900500?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa