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The edges of the earth in ancient thought : geography, exploration, and fiction /
The "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition, surveyed here, revealing that the Greeks, and to a somewhat lesser extent the Romans, saw geography not as a branch of physical science but as an important literary genre.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©1992.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition, surveyed here, revealing that the Greeks, and to a somewhat lesser extent the Romans, saw geography not as a branch of physical science but as an important literary genre. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 228 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780691201702 0691201706 |