James Rennell (1742 1830) could be claimed as the father of
historical geography. After a long career at sea and in India,
during which he had learned surveying and cartography, he returned
to England, and entered the circle of Sir Joseph Banks, who
encouraged him to widen the his interests to include the geography
of the ancient world. This two-volume work was published
posthumously in 1831: Rennell had been working on the topic for
many years, and had published a part of his findings in 1814, as
Observations on the Topography of the Plain of Troy, also reissued
in this series. The area covered in the treatise is a wide one,
from Egypt to the Danube and from the Aegean to the Caspian Sea. In
Volume 1, Rennell lays out his geographical findings, and begins to
discuss the relations of the modern to the ancient world."
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor, Volume 1 |
| Release date: |
November 2014 |
| First published: |
June 2014 |
| Authors: |
James Rennell
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
460 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-108-07210-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
Geography >
Historical geography
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-108-07210-0 |
| Barcode: |
9781108072106 |
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