Geography in classical antiquity / Daniela Dueck ; with a chapter by Kai Brodersen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dueck, Daniela, 1965- author.

Brodersen, Kai, author.

Series:

Key themes in ancient history.

Key themes in ancient history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical geography.

Geography, Ancient--History.

Geography, Ancient.

Geography--Greece--History.

Geography.

Geography--Rome--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 142 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-41100-4

1-107-22368-7

1-139-41929-3

1-139-02701-8

1-139-42133-6

1-139-41724-X

1-139-42338-X

OCLC:

794663470