The championship 'Father of Geography' could go given to the Greek philosopher, historian in addition to geographer Strabo. Strabo lived during the transitional catamenia when the Roman Republic developed into the Roman Empire. He is well-nigh good known for his 'Geographica', an historical in addition to descriptive concern human relationship of the people in addition to places living inwards the unlike regions of the western world, during his era.
Strabo himself had traveled extensively. He boasted that "Westward I bring journeyed to the parts of Etruria reverse Sardinia; towards the southward from the Euxine to the borders of Ethiopia; in addition to possibly non 1 of those who bring written geographies has visited to a greater extent than places than I bring betwixt those limits." He used his ain extensive geographical noesis in addition to his broad Greek in addition to Roman educational studies to inform his encyclopedia of geographical noesis - the Geographica.
I've added a Blue Planet map based on Strabo's Geographica to my Mappae Mundi collection of Blue Planet maps. If yous click on the engagement '0' inwards the map card yous tin thought an 1814 Blue Planet map which attempted to map the Blue Planet based on its description inwards the Geographica. While it is well-nigh definitely non a map of the Blue Planet dating from the Roman Republic it is a map which attempts to visualize the Blue Planet equally it was known inwards the due west during the fourth dimension of Christ.
You tin too thought a to a greater extent than geographical accurate map of the locations mentioned inwards the Geographica inwards the Strabo Map. The University of Cambridge Press' interactive map of all the locations mentioned inwards Strabo's Geographica, the Strabo Map, uses Mapbox to add together place-names mentioned inwards the Geographica to an interactive map.
The map tiles used inwards the Strabo Map are the same AWMC map tiles, equally used inwards the Pleides gazette of ancient places.
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