Dueck, Daniela creator Brodersen, Kai. text bibliography enk Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press 2012 monographic eng

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142 p. : ill. "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"-- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Descriptive geography; 3. Mathematical geography; 4. Cartography; 5. Geography in practice. HKBU library Daniela Dueck ; with a chapter by Kai Brodersen. YT2025 M09 Classical geography Geography, Ancient History Geography Greece History Geography Rome History HISTORY / Ancient / General G84 D852 G 2012 9780521197885 9780521120258 SDU 120213