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Reprint of the 1868. Oversized Octavo. London : Trübner, 1868. Revised and enlarged edition. xx, 153 p. The early Greeks were the first civilization to practice a form of Geography that was more than mere map making or cartography. Greek philosophers and scientist were interested in learning about spatial nature of human and physical features found on the Earth. One of the first Greek geographers was Herodotus (circa 484 - 425 BC). Herodotus wrote a number of volumes that described the Human and Physical Geography of the various regions of the Persian Empire. The ancient Greeks were also interested in the form, size, and geometry of the Earth. Aristotle (circa 384 - 322 BC) hypothesized and scientifically demonstrated that the Earth had a spherical shape. Evidence for this idea came from observations of lunar eclipses when the Earth casts its circular shadow on to the moon's surface. The Greek geographer Eratosthenes (circa 276 - 194 BC) was the first who accurately calculated the equatorialcircumference of the Earth to be 40233 kilometers using simple geometric relationships. His intelligent but primitive method was unusually accurate. The equatorial circumference of the Earth using modern satellite technology provides a value of 40072 kilometers. The author has undertaken to collect and submit to a critical review all those treatises and passages in classical literature that make reference to geological observation. For some reason, this work is extremely rare, with only 11 institutional holdings on OLCL.
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