Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF MAPS
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
- CHAPTER II GEOGRAPHY OF THE HOMERIC PERIOD
- CHAPTER III SPREAD OF THE GREEK COLONIES
- CHAPTER IV EARLY GEOGRAPHICAL SPECULATIONS: HECATAEUS
- CHAPTER V HERODOTUS
- CHAPTER VI EXPEDITIONS BEFORE THE TIME OF ALEXANDER
- CHAPTER VII ALEXANDER'S EASTERN EXPEDITION
- CHAPTER VIII GEOGRAPHY UNDER THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER. THE VOYAGE OF PYTHEAS
- CHAPTER IX MATHEMATICAL GEOGRAPHY
- CHAPTER X PHYSICAL AND HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY
- CHAPTER XI GEOGRAPHY AS PROMOTED BY THE ROMAN CONQUESTS
- CHAPTER XII STRABO
- CHAPTER XIII GEOGRAPHY FROM THE DEATH OF AUGUSTUS TO THAT OF TRAJAN (14—117 A.D.)
- CHAPTER XIV ROMAN FRONTIER DEFENCES AND ROADS
- CHAPTER XV ESTIMATES OF MOUNTAINS IN ANTIQUITY
- CHAPTER XVI PTOLEMY AND LATER GEOGRAPHERS
- INDEX
CHAPTER VI - EXPEDITIONS BEFORE THE TIME OF ALEXANDER
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2015
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF MAPS
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
- CHAPTER II GEOGRAPHY OF THE HOMERIC PERIOD
- CHAPTER III SPREAD OF THE GREEK COLONIES
- CHAPTER IV EARLY GEOGRAPHICAL SPECULATIONS: HECATAEUS
- CHAPTER V HERODOTUS
- CHAPTER VI EXPEDITIONS BEFORE THE TIME OF ALEXANDER
- CHAPTER VII ALEXANDER'S EASTERN EXPEDITION
- CHAPTER VIII GEOGRAPHY UNDER THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER. THE VOYAGE OF PYTHEAS
- CHAPTER IX MATHEMATICAL GEOGRAPHY
- CHAPTER X PHYSICAL AND HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY
- CHAPTER XI GEOGRAPHY AS PROMOTED BY THE ROMAN CONQUESTS
- CHAPTER XII STRABO
- CHAPTER XIII GEOGRAPHY FROM THE DEATH OF AUGUSTUS TO THAT OF TRAJAN (14—117 A.D.)
- CHAPTER XIV ROMAN FRONTIER DEFENCES AND ROADS
- CHAPTER XV ESTIMATES OF MOUNTAINS IN ANTIQUITY
- CHAPTER XVI PTOLEMY AND LATER GEOGRAPHERS
- INDEX
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- A History of Ancient Geography , pp. 98 - 121Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1897