The American universal geography, or, A view of the present state of all the empires, kingdoms, states, and republics in the known world, and of the United States of America in particular. In two parts. ... The whole comprehending a complete and improved system of modern geography. Calculated for Americans. : Illustrated with maps of the countries described. / By Jedidiah Morse, A.M. ; Published according to act of Congress. ; Part I[-II]. ...

Title

The American universal geography, or, A view of the present state of all the empires, kingdoms, states, and republics in the known world, and of the United States of America in particular. In two parts. ... The whole comprehending a complete and improved system of modern geography. Calculated for Americans. : Illustrated with maps of the countries described. / By Jedidiah Morse, A.M. ; Published according to act of Congress. ; Part I[-II]. ...

Author

Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826.

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Printed at Boston, :: by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. Sold at their bookstore, Faust's Statue, no. 45, Newbury Street; by said Thomas, in Worcester; by Berry, Rogers and Berry, in Newyork; by H. and P. Rice, in Philadelphia; and by W.P. Young, in Charleston.,

MDCCXCIII. [1793]

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Contents

• map
• title page
• PREFACE To the AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY, published in 1789.
• PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHY.
• CONTENTS OF PART I.
  • hemisphere
    • continent
      • geographical area
      • geographical area
      • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
        • GRAND DIVISIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. 309
  • SOUTH AMERICA.
  • islands
• CONTENTS OF PART II.
• DIRECTIONS to the BOOKBINDER for PLACING the MAPS, &c.
• INTRODUCTION.
  • Of ASTRONOMY, as connected with, and Introductory to, the SCIENCE of GEOGRAPHY.
  • Of the several ASTRONOMICAL SYSTEMS of the WORLD.
    • THE PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM.
    • THE BRAHEAN SYSTEM.
    • THE COPERNICAN, or TRUE SOLAR SYSTEM.
  • A TABLE of the Diameters, Periods, &c. of the several Planets in the Solar System.
  • The COMETS.
  • Of the FIXED STARS.
  • Of GEOGRAPHY.—Its RISE and PROGRESS.
  • FIGURE, MAGNITUDE and MOTION of the EARTH.
  • DOCTRINE of the SPHERE.
  • METHODS of finding the LATITUDES and LONGI∣TUDES of PLACES from CELESTIAL OBSERVA∣TIONS.
    • I. Of finding the latitude.
    • II. Of finding the longitude.
  • OF THE GLOBES, AND THEIR USE.
    • I. The latitude of a place being given, to rectify the globe for that place.
    • II. To find the latitude and longitude of any place on the terrestrial globe.
    • III. To find any place on the globe whose latitude and longitude are given.
    • IV. To find the distance and bearing of any two given places on the globe.
    • V. To find the sun's place in the ecliptic.
    • VI. To find the sun's declination, that is, his distance from the equinoctial line, either northward or southward.
    • VII. To find where the sun is vertical on any day; that is, to find over wh heads the sun will pass that day.
    • VIII. To find over whose heads the sun is at any hour, or to what place the sun is vertical.
    • IX. To find, at any hour of the day, what o'clock it is at any place in the world.
    • X. To find at what hour the sun rises and sets any day in the year; and also upon what point of the compass.
    • XI. To find the length of the day and night, at any time of the year.
    • XII. To find the length of the longest or shortest day, at any place upon the earth.
    • XIII. To find all those inhabitants to whom the sun is this moment rising setting in their meridians or midnight.
    • XIV. To find the beginning and end of twilight.
    • XV. To measure the distance from one town to another.
    • XVI. To find all those countries in which an eclipse of the sun or moon will be visible.
    • XVII. To calculate the circumference of the earth, that is, to find how many miles it is round.
    • XVIII. To calculate the diameter of the earth, i. e. to find how many it is through.
    • XIX. To find the superficial content of the earth.
    • XX. To find the solid content of the earth.
    • PROBLEMS solved on the CELESTIAL GLOBE.
  • The different MANNER by which some NATIONS and PEOPLE reckon TIME.
  • GEOGRAPHICAL THEOREMS, or PROPOSI∣TIONS.
  • Of MAPS and their USE.
  • GENERAL ORSERVATIONS concerning HEAT and COLD.
  • A view of the ANNUAL TEMPERATURE of different places, according to the order of their LATITUDES.
  • THEORY of the WINDS.
  • THEORY of the TIDES.
  • LENGTH of MILES in different COUNTRIES.
  • NATURAL DIVISIONS of the EARTH.
  • An ACCOUNT of the GREGORIAN or NEW STYLE.
  • A TABLE,
• AMERICA.
  • HISTORY OF ITS DISCOVERY.
  • GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF AMERICA
  • A SUMMARY ACCOUNT of the first DISCOVERY and SETTLEMENT of NORTH AMERICA, arranged in chronological order.
  • NORTH AMERICA
  • DIVISIONS OF NORTH AMERICA.
  • GREENLAND.
  • BRITISH AMERICA.
  • NEW BRITAIN.
  • UPPER AND LOWER CANADA.
  • THE ISLAND OF CAPE BRETON.
  • NOVA SCOTIA.
  • ISLAND OF ST. JOHN's.
  • NEWFOUNDLAND ISLAND.
• THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
  • ARTICLE I.
  • ARTICLE II.
  • ARTICLE III.
  • ARTICLE IV.
  • ARTICLE V.
  • ARTICLE VI.
  • ARTICLE VII.
  • ARTICLE I.
  • ARTICLE II.
  • ARTICLE III.
  • ARTICLE IV.
  • ARTICLE V.
  • ARTICLE VI.
  • ARTICLE VII.
  • ARTICLE VIII.
  • ARTICLE IX.
  • ARTICLE X.
  • ARTICLE XI.
  • ARTICLE XII.
• GRAND DIVISIONS OF THE UNITED STATES.
  • NEW ENGLAND, OR NORTHERN OR EASTERN STATES.
  • VERMONT.
  • NEW HAMPSHIRE.
  • DISTRICT OF MAIN. [BELONGING TO MASSACHUSETTS.]
  • MASSACHUSETTS.
  • RHODE ISLAND, AND PROVIDENCE PLANTA∣TIONS.
  • CONNECTICUT.
  • MIDDLE STATES
  • NEW YORK.
  • NEW JERSEY.
  • PENNSYLVANIA.
    • A List of the several PROPRIETORS, GOVERNORS, LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS, and PRESIDENTS of the Province, with the times of their respective administration.
  • DELAWARE.
  • TERRITORY N. W. OF THE OHIO.
  • SOUTHERN STATES.
  • MARYLAND.
  • VIRGINIA.
  • INDIANA
  • KENTUCKY.
  • NORTH CAROLINA.
  • TERRITORY S. OF OHIO. OR THE TENNESSEE GOVERNMENT.
  • SOUTH CAROLINA.
  • GEORGIA.
  • Spanish Dominions.
  • LOUISIANA.
  • MEXICO OR NEW SPAIN.
• SOUTH AMERICA.
  • Spanish America.
  • PERU.
  • CHILE
  • PARAGUA, OR LA PLATA.
  • Portuguese America.
  • FRENCH AMERICA.
  • Dutch America.
  • Aboriginal America. Or that Part which the ABORIGINAL INDIANS possess.
  • PATAGONIA.
  • GENERAL OBSERVATIONS UPON SOUTH AMERICA.
• West India Islands.
  • BRITISH WEST INDIES.
  • BARBADOES.
  • ST. CHRISTOPHER's.
  • ANTIGUA,
  • GRENADA, AND THE GRENADINES,
  • DOMINICA,
  • ST. VINCENT,
  • NEVIS, AND MONTSERRAT,
  • BARBUDA,
  • ANGUILLA,
  • BERMUDAS, ON SOMMERS' ISLANDS.
  • LUCAY's, OR BAHAMA ISLANDS,
  • FALKLAND ISLANDS.
  • SPANISH WEST INDIES.
  • HISPANIOLA, OR ST. DOMINGO.
  • PORTO RICO,
  • TRINIDAD,
  • MARGARETTA.
  • JUAN FERNANDES,
  • FRENCH WEST INDIES.
  • MARTINICO,
  • GAUDALUPE,
  • ST. LUCIA,
  • TOBAGO.
  • ST. BARTHOLOMEW, DESEADA, AND MARIGALANTE,
  • DUTCH WEST INDIES.
  • CURASSOU,
  • DANISH WEST INDIES.
  • ST. CROIX, OR SANTA CRUZ,
  • New Discoveries.
  • NORTHERN ARCHIPELAGO.
  • THE PELEW ISLANDS.
  • THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS,
  • INGRAHAM's ISLANDS.
  • OTAHEITE, OR KING GEORGE'S ISLAND.
  • SOCIETY ISLANDS.
  • THE FRIENDLY ISLANDS.
  • NEW ZEALAND.
• map
• title page
• ADVERTISEMENT.
• CONTENTS OF PART II.
• DIRECTIONS to the BOOKBINDER for PLACING the MAPS, &c.
• From AMERICA we pass to the Eastern Continent, in the description of which we begin with EUROPE.
  • GRAND DIVISIONS OF EUROPE.
  • DENMARK.
  • EAST AND WEST GREENLAND, ICELAND, AND THE ISLANDS IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
    • EAST GREENLAND.
    • WEST GREENLAND
    • ICELAND.
    • THE FARO OR FERRO ISLANDS,
  • NORWAY.
  • DENMARK PROPER, OR JUTLAND EXCLUSIVE OF THE ISLANDS IN THE BALTIC.
  • DANISH GERMAN DOMINIONS.
  • LAPLAND.
  • SWEDEN.
  • RUSSIA
  • THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
  • ENGLAND.
  • WALES.
  • SCOTLAND.
    • ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND.
  • IRELAND
  • ISLE OF MAN.
  • ISLE OF WIGHT.
  • islands
  • GERMANY.
  • MONARCHY OF PRUSSIA.
  • MONARCHY OF AUSTRIA.
  • KINGDOM OF BOHEMIA, BELONGING TO THE AUSTRIAN MONARCHY.
  • HUNGARY.
  • TRANSYLVANIA, SOLAVONIA, CROATIA, AND HUNGARIAN DALMATIA.
  • POLAND, INCLUDING LITHUANIA.
  • SWITZERLAND.
  • NETHERLANDS.
  • AUSTRIAN AND FRENCH NETHERLANDS.
  • FRANCE.
  • SPAIN.
  • PORTUGAL.
  • ITALY.
  • TURKEY.
    • TURKEY IN EUROPE.
    • ISLANDS belonging to TURKEY in EUROPE, being Part of Ancient GREECE.
• ASIA.
  • TURKEY IN ASIA.
  • TARTARY IN ASIA.
  • THE EMPIRE OF CHINA.
  • INDOSTAN, HINDOOSTAN, or INDIA on this side the GANGES.
    • PRESENT DIVISION OF INDOSTAN.
    • ALLIES OF THE BRITISH.
    • TIPPO SAIB'S TERRITORIES.
    • MAHRATTA STATES AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES.
  • The PENINSULA of INDIA beyond the GANGES, called the FARTHER PENINSULA.
  • PERSIA.
  • ARABIA.
  • THE INDIAN AND ORIENTAL ISLANDS.
• AFRICA.
  • EGYPT.
  • THE STATES of BARBARY.
  • Of AFRICA, from the Tropic of Cancer to the Cape of Good-Hope. See the Table and Map.
  • AFRICAN ISLANDS.
  • NEW DISCOVERIES.
    • CONTINENT OF NEW HOLLAND.
    • THE NEW HEBRIDES.
    • NEW GUINEA,
    • NEW IRELAND
    • SANDWICH ISLANDS.
• A NEW GEOGRAPHICAL TABLE.
• AN IMPROVED CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE, OF REMARKABLE EVENTS, DISCOVERIES, AND INVENTIONS;
• MEN OF LEARNING AND GENIUS.