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YISSACHAR BER GORDON.. Shevilei Olam Chadash [“Geography of the New World…The Americas and Australia.”] First edition.  pp. 146 (pp. 1-2 misbound after p. 14 but complete). Few light stains. Later boards. 8vo. Warsaw, S. Orgelbrand, 1870. The first extensive practical survey of the Americas in Hebrew.  A detailed geography describing topography, climate, borders, populations, industries of all the major cities of the Americas: Canada, United States, Mexico, West Indies, South America - with an appendix on Australia. Discusses history as well places of public interest including libraries, prayer-houses, theaters, universities, planetariums and famous residents.