Geography in classical antiquity

by Brodersen, Kai Duiḳ, Daniʼelah

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Full title :Geography in classical antiquity / Daniela Dueck with contributions by Kai Brodersen.

Summary

"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."

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:XVI, 142 Seiten : : Illustrationen ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780521120258, 052112025X, 9780521197885, 0521197880
oclc:ocn799043838
LC Classification:G84
Dewey Decimal:913

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction ; 2. Descriptive geography ; 3. Mathematical geography ; 4. Cartography ; 5. Geography in practice.

Subjects

Antike Antiquités gréco-romaines Antiquities Classical antiquities classical archaeology Classical geography Geografie Geografischer Raum Géographie ancienne Geography -- History. -- Greece Geography -- History. -- Rome Geography, Ancient -- History Grèce -- Antiquités Greece Greece -- Antiquities Griechenland Historische geografie Rome -- Antiquités Rome -- Antiquities Rome (Empire)