History of Geography

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I.
Beginnings	1
CHAPTER II.
The Geography of the Greeks and Romans	8
CHAPTER III.
The Dark Age	33
CHAPTER IV.
The MediÆval Renascence	42
CHAPTER V.
Portuguese Expansion and the Revival of Ptolemy	51
CHAPTER VI.
The New World	59
CHAPTER VII.
The Far East and the Discovery of Australia	68
CHAPTER VIII.
Polar Exploration to the Eighteenth Century	74
CHAPTER IX.
James Cook and His Successors	87
CHAPTER X.
Measurement, Cartography, and Theory, 1500–1800	90
CHAPTER XI.
The Nineteenth Century: African Research	107
CHAPTER XII.
The Nineteenth Century and After: Asia and Australia	115
CHAPTER XIII.
The Nineteenth Century and After: The Poles	122
CHAPTER XIV.
The Nineteenth Century and After: Evolution and Progress of Geographical Science	135
Short Bibliography of Geography	147
Index	149

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