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Book/Printed Material Hand-book of Bible geography : containing the name, pronunciation, and meaning of every place, nation, and tribe mentioned in both the canonical and apocryphal Scriptures : with descriptive and historical notes

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Title

  • Hand-book of Bible geography : containing the name, pronunciation, and meaning of every place, nation, and tribe mentioned in both the canonical and apocryphal Scriptures : with descriptive and historical notes

Names

  • Whitney, George Henry.

Created / Published

  • New York : Carlton & Lanahan ; San Francisco : E. Thomas ; Cincinnati : Hitchcock & Walden, 1871.

Headings

  • -  Bible--Geography--Dictionaries
  • -  Middle East--Gazetteers
  • -  United States--New York (State)--New York
  • -  United States--California--San Francisco
  • -  United States--Ohio--Cincinnati

Notes

  • -  Ten plates are on double leaves.
  • -  LC copy is partly hand-colored.
  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  Rare Book copy formerly part of the YA collection: YA number unidentified. vj21 2002-01-10.

Medium

  • 401 p., [62] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BS630 .W5 1871
  • BS630 .W5 1871 Copy 2 Partly hand-colored.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2002553056

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Whitney, George Henry. Hand-book of Bible geography: containing the name, pronunciation, and meaning of every place, nation, and tribe mentioned in both the canonical and apocryphal Scriptures: with descriptive and historical notes. New York: Carlton & Lanahan ; San Francisco: E. Thomas ; Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden, 1871. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2002553056/.

APA citation style:

Whitney, G. H. (1871) Hand-book of Bible geography: containing the name, pronunciation, and meaning of every place, nation, and tribe mentioned in both the canonical and apocryphal Scriptures: with descriptive and historical notes. New York: Carlton & Lanahan ; San Francisco: E. Thomas ; Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2002553056/.

MLA citation style:

Whitney, George Henry. Hand-book of Bible geography: containing the name, pronunciation, and meaning of every place, nation, and tribe mentioned in both the canonical and apocryphal Scriptures: with descriptive and historical notes. New York: Carlton & Lanahan ; San Francisco: E. Thomas ; Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden, 1871. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2002553056/>.