Geography Rectified: or, a Description of the World, in all its Kingdoms, Provinces, Countries, Islands, Cities, Towns, Seas, Rivers, Bays, Capes, Ports; Their Ancient and Present Names, Inhabitants, Situations, Histories, Customs, Governments.&c As also their Commodities, Coins, Weights, and Measures , Compared to those in London.

London: printed for R. Morden and T. Cockerill, 1700, Fourth edition, thick small 4to (210 x 160mm.), Contemporary Panelled Calf, rebacked, with 78 engraved maps of the World in the text.

This is an enlarged edition after the first edition that was published with 60 maps and is illustrated with 17 engraved maps of the Americas.

Robert Morden was an English publisher, bookseller, map-seller, cartographer, globe and instrument maker. He worked in London at the Atlas in New Cheapside and at the Atlas in Cornhill from 1675 to 1703. His output in cartographical works was quite large and varied. It included atlases, geographical playing cards, large scale maps in a number of sheets and globes.

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