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CAREY, Matthew
By Pierre Joppen
Oct 30, 2005, 12:40

Matthew Carey of Philadelphia in 1795 published the first atlas in America and the first United States gazetteer (by Joseph Scott). His firm became Carey & Lea, and continued to publish atlases.

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