East Indies from the best authorities

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Title:: East Indies from the best authorities
Description:: Prior to the American Revolutionary War, females received little formal education. However, this changed in the new Republic. Dame schools, run by women in their homes, taught reading, writing and numbers to young children, and needlework to girls. Private female academies, founded in the late 18th century, greatly expanded upon the subjects previously taught to girls. The academies taught not only the basic subjects, but geography, history, and natural science as well.
Creator:: Sargent, Catharine.
Name on Item:: by Catherine Sargent.
Date:: 1791
Format:: Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:: Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):: Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:: East Indies--Maps, Manuscript
Places:: East Indies (area)
Extent:: 1 ms. map : col. ; 35 x 44 cm.
Terms of Use:: No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Scale:: Scale ca. 1:26,000,000.
Language:: English
Notes:: Manuscript map, drawn by a schoolgirl.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes decorative cartouche.
Notes (exhibitions):: Exhibited: "Back to School: Geography in the Classroom" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2014-2015.
Identifier:: 06_01_006127
Call #:: G8070 1791 .S27
Barcode:: 39999059020576