Geography in classical antiquity / / Daniela Dueck ; with a chapter by Kai Brodersen [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Dueck Daniela <1965->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 142 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 910.937
• Soggetto topico: Classical geography; Geography, Ancient - History; Geography - Greece - History; Geography - Rome - History
• Persona (resp. second.): BrodersenKai
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Descriptive geography; 3. Mathematical geography; 4. Cartography; 5. Geography in practice.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Geography in classical antiquity
• 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
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462063003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Key themes in ancient history.