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An introduction to the earliest ideas of geography in antiquity and how much knowledge there was of the physical world.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dueck, Daniela, 1965-
Otros Autores: Brodersen, Kai
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Colección:Key themes in ancient history.
Temas:
Classical geography.
Geography, Ancient > History.
Geography > Greece > History.
Geography > Rome > History.
Géographie ancienne.
Géographie ancienne > Histoire.
Géographie > Grèce > Histoire.
Géographie > Rome > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
TRAVEL > Budget.
TRAVEL > Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
TRAVEL > Parks & Campgrounds.
Classical geography
Geography
Geography, Ancient
Antike
Historische Geografie
Greece
Rome (Empire)
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; GEOGRAPHY IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY; KEY THEMES IN ANCIENT HISTORY; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Abbreviations; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; 1.1 OUTLINE AND GOALS; 1.2 FORMATS, CONTEXTS AND TERMINOLOGIES; 1.3 GEOGRAPHY AND POLITICS; 1.4 GREEK AND ROMAN GEOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 2 Descriptive geography; 2.1 EPIC, MYTH AND POETRY; 2.2 THE HISTORIOGRAPHIC TRADITION; 2.3 TRAVELOGUES AND CURIOSITIES; CHAPTER 3 Mathematical geography; 3.1 SHAPES AND SIZES; 3.2 THE THEORY OF CLIMATIC ZONES AND ETHNO-GEOGRAPHY; 3.3 LOCATING COORDINATES; CHAPTER 4 Cartography.
  • 4.1 A PRE-MODERN WORLD4.2 DESCRIPTIVE AND SCIENTIFIC CARTOGRAPHY; 4.3 MAPS IN THE SERVICE OF THE STATE?; CHAPTER 5 Geography in practice; 5.1 THE CONNECTION BETWEEN EXPERIENCE AND TEXT; 5.2 POPULAR GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE; Bibliography; Index.

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