01735cam a2200265 a 4500008004100000020001800041020001800059040000800077050002100085100002000106245008900126260006400215300001900279490003400298505014900332505001700481518001500498520078300513650002501296650003301321650003201354650003001386650003301416700002001449120213s2012    enka     b    001 0 eng    a9780521197885  a9780521120258  aSDU00aG84bD852 G 20121 aDueck, Daniela,10aGeography in classical antiquity /cDaniela Dueck ; with a chapter by Kai Brodersen.  aCambridge ;aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2012.  a142 p. :bill.0 aKey themes in ancient history8 aMachine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Descriptive geography; 3. Mathematical geography; 4. Cartography; 5. Geography in practice.8 aHKBU library  aYT2025 M09  a"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"-- 0aClassical geography. 0aGeography, AncientxHistory. 0aGeographyzGreecexHistory. 0aGeographyzRomexHistory. 7aHISTORY / Ancient / General.1 aBrodersen, Kai.