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BL
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630632
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Dueck, Daniela,1965-
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| Title & Author
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Geography in classical antiquity /\ Daniela Dueck ; with a chapter by Kai Brodersen
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2012
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| Series Statement
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Key themes in ancient history
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xvi, 142 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780521197885 (hardback)
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: 0521197880 (hardback)
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: 9780521120258 (paperback)
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: 052112025X (paperback)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-135) and index
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| Contents
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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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1. Introduction -- 2. Descriptive geography -- 3. Mathematical geography -- 4. Cartography -- 5. Geography in practice
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| Abstract
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"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."--
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Classical geography
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Geography, Ancient-- History
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Geography-- Greece-- History
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Geography-- Rome-- History
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| Dewey Classification
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910.937
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| LC Classification
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G84.D84 2012
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| Added Entry
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Brodersen, Kai
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