A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America

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book geographical work promotional tract

A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America is an early late-18th-century geographical and promotional account of the lands west of the Appalachian Mountains, written to describe and encourage settlement in what would become the American Midwest.

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A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ geographical work ⓘ promotional tract ⓘ
about	natural resources of the western territory ⓘ settlement opportunities in the American frontier ⓘ topography of western North America ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ
depicts	geographical features of the American interior ⓘ
describes	regions west of the Appalachian Mountains ⓘ territory that later became the American Midwest ⓘ
focusesOn	economic potential of western lands ⓘ settlement prospects west of the Appalachians ⓘ
genre	geography ⓘ promotional literature ⓘ travel literature ⓘ
hasForm	descriptive survey ⓘ prose narrative ⓘ
historicalContext	early American westward expansion ⓘ post-colonial United States territorial promotion ⓘ
intendedAudience	land speculators ⓘ prospective settlers ⓘ readers interested in American geography ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Western Territory of North America NERFINISHED ⓘ early American frontier ⓘ lands west of the Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
publicationPeriod	late 18th century ⓘ
purpose	to describe western North American territory ⓘ to encourage settlement in the western territory ⓘ
setInPeriod	early United States republic era ⓘ

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Gilbert Imlay → notableWork → A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America ⓘ