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...] and [[Pennsylvania]], and American history, such as the surrender of the British in the [[American Revolution]]. ...raham Rees]]' ''New Cyclopaedia'' with American amendments. The 44-volume British original first began to appear in London in January 1803, but was not compl

...the ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-k ...e eleventh edition. Though it is generally perceived as a quintessentially British work, the eleventh edition had substantial American influences, not only in

...ister's Best Encyclopedias: A Comparative Guide to General and Specialized Encyclopedias | edition = 2nd | publisher = Oryx Press | location = Phoenix, Arizona | is ...a still in print.<ref name="EB_encyclopedia">{{cite encyclopedia | title = Encyclopedias and Dictionaries | encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Britannica | edition= 15<su

{{See also|Encyclopedia|List of encyclopedias}} ...clopedias succeeded commercially, their elements sometimes inspired future encyclopedias; for example, the failed two-volume ''A Universal History of Arts and Scien

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{{distinguish|The British Encyclopedia}} '''''The British Encyclopaedia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences''''' was published in 180

{{redirect|Cyclopædia|encyclopedias generally|Encyclopedia}} ...n the eighteenth century. The ''Cyclopaedia'' was one of the first general encyclopedias to be produced in English.

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...aking Events]]. As another example, the entry for [[Venezuela]] displays a British view of an 1899 event: ...at Paris in 1895, and settled it in 1899, in vindication, happily, of the British claim, the [[Schomburgk Line|Schomburgk line]] being now declared to be the

...of Alden's ''Library of Universal Knowledge'', which was a reprint of the British [[Chambers's Encyclopaedia]] with American additions (including many biogra ...om new type and thoroughly revised. It was very strong in biography.<ref> "Encyclopedias," in ''The Encyclopedia Americana,'' (1988) Volume 10‎, Page 333</ref>

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...., F.S.A., Assistant to the Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, [[British Museum]] (and former lecturer in Babylo-Assyriological Archaeology at [[Kin *Theophilus G. Pinches, M.R.A.S., Egyptian and Assyrian Department, [[British Museum]].