The History of North America and its United States

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Title continues: "Including Also, A Distinct History of Each Individual State; Its Manners and Customs, Trade, Commerce, Religion, and Government, Manufactures and Agriculture, Cli mate, Soil, and Produce, with New Tables of the Whole of Their Imports and Exports, Revenue, Debt, Expenditure, Currency of Coins, &c. &c. &c. To Which is Annexed, An Account of New Discoveries." Apparently a piracy of the History of America by Jedidiah Morse, the notable geographer whose textbooks became a staple for students in the United States. Begins with brief description of British America (pp. 16-32). The "New Discoveries" occupy four leaves at the end and contain accounts of Captain Cook's discoveries of the Sandwich Islands and Nootka Sound. Sabin 57181. Show more