Geography Jedidiah Morse

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map of u. states, ca.1824. geography morse; engraving annin & smith


morse influenced educational system of united states. while teaching @ school young women, saw need geography textbook oriented forming nation. result skimpy , derivative, geography made easy (1784). followed american geography (1789), cited , copied. new editions of school textbooks , more weighty works came out annually, earning him informal title, father of american geography. postponed gazetteer work of 1784 bested joseph scott s gazetteer of united states in 1795. aid of noah webster , rev. samuel austin, morse published gazetteer universal geography of united states (1797).







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