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The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought : Geography, Exploration, and Fiction /
For the Greeks and Romans the earth's farthest perimeter was a realm radically different from what they perceived as central and human. The alien qualities of these "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition that endured throughout antiquity and into the Renaissance...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Works Frequently Cited
- Introduction
- One . The Boundaries of Earth
- Two. Ethiopian and Hyperborean
- Three. Wonders of the East
- Four. Ultima Thule and Beyond
- Five. Geography and Fiction
- Epilogue. After Columbus
- Index