Geography in classical antiquity

1. Introduction

Outline and goals

Formats, contexts and terminologies

Geography and politics

Greek and Roman geography

2. Descriptive geography

Epic, myth and poetry

The historiographic tradition

Travelogues and curiosities

3. Mathematical geography

Shapes and sizes

The theory of climatic zones and ethno-geography

Locating coordinates

4. Cartography By Kai Brodersen

A pre-modern world

Descriptive and scientific cartography

Maps in the service of the state?

5. Geography in practice

The connection between experience and text

Popular geographical knowledge

1. Introduction

2. Descriptive geography

3. Mathematical geography

4. Cartography

5. Geography in practice.