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Geography in classical antiquity /

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052112025X (paperback)

(Number (ISBN

0521197880 (hardback)

(Number (ISBN

9780521120258 (paperback)

(Number (ISBN

9780521197885 (hardback)

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Title Proper

Geography in classical antiquity /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Daniela Dueck ; with a chapter by Kai Brodersen

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2012

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xvi, 142 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

Key themes in ancient history

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-135) and index

Text of Note

1. Introduction -- 2. Descriptive geography -- 3. Mathematical geography -- 4. Cartography -- 5. Geography in practice

Text of Note

Introduction : Outline and goals ; Formats, contexts and terminologies ; Geography and politics ; Greek and Roman geography -- Descriptive geography : Epic, myth and poetry ; The historiographic tradition ; Travelogues and curiosities -- Mathematical geography : Shapes and sizes ; The theory of climatic zones and ethno-geography ; Locating coordinates -- Cartography / by Kai Brodersen : A pre-modern world ; Descriptive and scientific cartography ; Maps in the service of the state? -- Geography in practice : The connection between experience and text ; Popular geographical knowledge

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Text of Note

"What were the limits of knowledge of the physical world in Greek and Roman antiquity? How far did travellers get and what did they know about far-away regions? How did they describe foreign countries and peoples? How did they measure the earth, and distances and heights on it? Ideas about the physical and cultural world are a key aspect of ancient history, but until now there has been no up-to-date modern overview of the subject. This book explores the beginnings and development of geographical ideas in Classical antiquity and demonstrates technical methods for describing landscape, topographies and ethnographies. The survey relies on a variety of sources: philosophical and scientific texts but also poems and travelogues; papyrological remains and visual monuments."--

Classical geography

Geography-- Greece-- History

Geography-- Rome-- History

Geography, Ancient-- History

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Book number

Dueck, Daniela,1965-

Brodersen, Kai

Date of Transaction

20150303110716.0

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