[Nancrede, Joseph, and Barnard B. Macanulty]: Tytler, James:

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PROPOSALS FOR PUBLISHING, BY SUBSCRIPTION, A NEW SYSTEM OF GEOGRAPHY, ANCIENT AND MODERN. An ambitious proposal for a new world geography. Nancrede and Macanulty begin by heavily criticizing extant atlases (including that of Mathew Carey), and end by outlining their ambitious work, to be authored by the noted geographer, James Tytler. Designed as three octavo volumes and one atlas, this text would illustrate the use of globes, offer a general history of mankind, religion, and the earth, and include descriptions of particular countries. The second portion is a supplement, containing a review of Pinkerton's MODERN GEOGRAPHY. A scarce Salem imprint.

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