Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1902 — First American Geography. [ARTICLE]

First American Geography.

The first geography printed in this country was compiled by Jedediah Moss, and published In 1789, for the us® of schools. The attempts at maps In this publication were extremely crude, and gave a very Imperfect idea of the outlines of the countries they were supposed to represent. It is said that only twenty-five or thirty copies of this work are now In existence.