A Complete Reference Gazetteer of the United States of North America


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With a brief and comprehensive description of the lakes, rivers, bays, harbors, mountains, counties, cities, towns and villages; together with all the post offices in the United States; as published by the authority of the Post Office Department; to which are added a number of valuable tables of the population, colleges, and benevolent institutions, &c., &c., arranged according to the census of 1840. The whole forming a complete manual of reference on the geography and statistics of the United States.




A Complete Reference Gazetteer of the United States of North America ; Containing a General View of the United States, and of Each State and Territory, and a Notice of the Various Canals, Railroads, and Internal Improvements ; with a Brief and Comprehensive Description of the Lakes, Rivers, Bays, Harbors, Mountains, Counties, Cities, Towns and Villages ; Together with All the Post Offices in the United States ... Arranged According to the Census of 1840


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Manual for the National Standardization of Geographical Names


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The present publication is designed primarily to assist countries that do not have an appropriate authority and a specific set of standards for the consistent rendering of their geographical names. The information in the Manual consists of suggestions that should be useful to those intersted in ways to standardize their nation's geographical names




The great American land bubble


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North American Rodents


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The first comprehensive treatment of North American rodents of conservation concern. This action plan summarizes the rodent fauna of North America and provides available information on every rodent taxon that has been considered to be of conservation concern by state, provincial and private conservation agencies and regional experts. It is hoped that the survey provided in this action plan will serve as a common ground for all these parties in drawing up conservation strategies for rodents.




Railroad Maps of the United States


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The Squirrel Hunters of Ohio


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Charting the Inland Seas


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Man and Nature


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First published in 1864, Marsh's ominous warnings inspired environmental conservation and reform. By linking culture with nature, science with history, "Man and Nature" was the most influential text of its time next to Darwin's "On the Origin of Species."