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Cornell's primary geography: forming part first of a systematic series of school geographies (p. 36)
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| Title | Cornell's primary geography: forming part first of a systematic series of school geographies (p. 36) |
| Author | Cornell, S.S. (Sarah S.) |
| Publisher | D. Appleton & Company
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| Publisher Location | United States--New York--New York |
| Publication Date | 1857 |
| Printer | Unknown
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--wood engravings
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| Notes | Illustrated with wood engravings, some uncolored, some hand colored.
This page depicts a map of South America, including New Granada, Venezuela, Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Laplata, Chile, and Patagonia.
This is a revised edition. |
| Contextual Notes | Education in America began to change in the middle of the nineteenth century as graded classrooms began replacing one-room schoolhouses. Textbooks also became differentiated according to grade level with authors attempting to ensure that the content was appropriate for each grade level. Cornell noted that the maps in existing textbooks were not appropriate for the use of elementary students because they were, "…covered with circles, lines, and various names and emblems, mysterious to the student, irrelevant to his stage of progress…a waste of time." As a result, Cornell and others changed the maps in their elementary textbooks by limiting the number of place names, using clearer fonts, and developing sets of map questions specific to each map.
Sarah S. Cornell was one of the leading cartographers of her time and one of the few women in the profession.
This book was a gift of Edward W. Allen. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Geography--Textbooks |
| Category | Textbooks
Geography and travel
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL1001 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection G127.C832 1857 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | 98 p.: illustrated; 22.5 x 17.5 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Photographed from original book in TIFF format using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/EOS 400D, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2009. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit checklist L.60 |
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