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This is the first modern edition and first English translation of one of the earliest and most important works in the history of geography, the third-century Geographika of Eratosthenes. In this work, which for the first time described the geography of the entire inhabited world as it was then known...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Eratosthenes
Otros Autores: Strabo, Roller, Duane W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Physical geography.
Geography, Ancient.
HISTORY > Historical Geography.
Geographie physique > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Geographie ancienne > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Physical geography > Early works to 1800.
Geography, Ancient > Early works to 1800.
Early works.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Eratosthenes and the history of geography. The background ; The life of Eratosthenes ; The Geographika of Eratosthenes ; The reception and later history of the Geographika
  • Eratosthenes, Geographika. Book 1 ; Book 2 ; Book 3
  • Summaries and commentaries. Commentary to Book 1 ; Commentary to Book 2 ; Commentary to Book 3
  • Gazetteer
  • Maps
  • Appendices. Appendix 1: On the measurement of the Earth ; Appendix 2: Testimonia for the life of Eratosthenes ; Appendix 3: Lengths of measurement.

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