The edges of the earth in ancient thought : geography, exploration, and fiction /

The "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition, surveyed here, revealing that the Greeks, and to a somewhat lesser extent the Romans, saw geography not as a branch of physical science but as an important literary genre.

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Main Author: Romm, James S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1992.
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by Romm, James S.
Published 1992
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