# A Globe on a New Plan: Peter Parley's Innovative Teaching of Geography to Children in 19th Century

The Library welcomed the Philip Lee Phillips Society and Washington Map Society members and Rare Book guests to the Library for a lecture and treasures display. Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860), believed that the instruction of American children should be fact-filled, engaging, and morally instructive. Using the pseudonym Peter Parley, he addresses his young readers as a companion, telling stories and creating adventures to convey concepts of history and geography. His Peter Parley books were immensely popular, selling in multiple editions and millions of copies.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2023
- By: Library Of Congress
- Genres: Children's
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661263/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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