Course Of Ancient Geography

This 1897 textbook traces the progress of geographical writing from Homeric times to the end of Rome's western empire.

Excerpt from Course of Ancient Geography: Arranged With Special Reference to Convenience of Recitation The general arrangement of the work, which is nuvolume opens with a short chapter presenting a succinct account of the knowledge of geography possessed by the ancients at different periods, and of the gradual extension of their acquaintance with the inhabited world. Then, taking up Europe, it first describes Greece in pretty ample detail, and afterwards Italy in the same manner. Pro ceeding next to Asia, it gives a full account of Asia Minor. This constitutes what may be properly termed Classical Geo graphy - that portion of ancient geography which the student most and most constantly needs in his classical reading. And to present all that is essential and im portant in this, is the main design of the present work. This part of his task accomplished, the writer retraces his steps, returns to Europe, then to Asia, and lastly proceeds to Africa, and gives a fir less copious account of what the ancients knew of the remaining parts of the former two continents, and of the northern portion of Africa: an ao count, however, which contains, as he believes, details amply suflicient for the recitation room, and for the student of ancient history. In adopting this arrangement, which really seems the most natural in a work of this kind, and is based upon the relative importance of the countries de scribed, the advice of a number of distinguished instruo tors has been taken: all who were consulted agreed unan imously in its appropriateness, not only in a general point of view, but especially as respects the wants and con venience of the recitation room. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.