Description: Colton & Fitch's Modern School GeographyGeorge W. Fitch1860 The pre-Civil War school book is filled with fantastic illustrations and a large amount of colored maps. Covering the whole world, each continent is shown with the countries of the time. The map of Europe shows a very large Austria and Prussia still intact, in the middle east Persia and Arabia are there, along with Toorkistan. India is named Hindoostan. In the far east there is Anam, Siam & Birmah. In the western Mediteranean, Turkey encompasses the whole of Holy land, Syria and numerous Eastern European countries. Africa's map shows a colonial continent with a huge swath of unmarked territory in the lower center. In North America, Canada is marked as a British Possession. In the United States, the 50 states do not yet exist, rather the west is filled with territories. Utah, New Mexico & Arizona make up 3 huge territories that encompassing Nevada and Colorado. The Washington territory includes Idaho, the Nebraska territory is huge, including Montana, parts of Colorado & the Dakotas, while the Dakota territory has not yet become the 2 states of North & South Dakota. Kansas includes part of Colorado and Oklahoma as a whole is Indian Territory. This early school book give us a glimpse of the world on the eve of the Civil War, before the Industrial Revolution and the dawn of the modern age. A time of Colonial Territories, European powers vying for power and a middle east with one foot still in the middle ages. Size: 8 by 9.5 inches, 134 pages.Condition: Nice condition, has hinge cracks, wear to cover and worn corners, binding intact, all pages and illustrations clean and intact, 1 inch closed tear page 97/98, .75 inch closed tear page 73/74, .25 inch closed tears page 25/25 & 27/28. Pencil '1806' written top of page 70, pencil writing top of page 118, pencil personalization/quote page 134 See photos for condition. Feel free to ask questions and be sure to see our many other unique Antiquarian listings.
Price: 85 USD
Location: Washington, Missouri
End Time: 2025-01-07T16:47:05.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Language: English
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Region: North America
Author: George W. Fitch
Publisher: Ivison, Phinney & Co.
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Maps
Subject: Geography
Year Printed: 1860
Original/Facsimile: Original
