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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Romm, James S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1992.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo

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