by Eratosthenes (Author), Duane W. Roller (Translator)
A modern edition and an English translation of one of the earliest and most important works in the history of geography, the third-century "Geographika of Eratosthenes". It describes the geography of the entire inhabited world as it was then known, Eratosthenes of Kyrene (ca 285-205 BC) invented the discipline of geography as we understand it.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 320
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 24 Jan 2010
ISBN 10: 069114267X
ISBN 13: 9780691142678