![]() In the book, he described and mapped the entire known world and divided the Earth into five climate zones.Įratosthenes was also the first person to place grids over his map and used parallels and meridians to link together every place in the world. Eratosthenes was not only a geographer, but he was also a mathematician and astronomer which helped him create a more detailed and accurate world map.ĭuring his time as chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria, Eratosthenes wrote a three-volume work titled Geography ( Geographika in Greek). Strabos traveled extensively and took notes and also gathered information from earlier works to compile his book.ĭuring his life, Strabo’s Geographica was underutilized and unappreciated but it survived because several copies were made during the Byzantine Empire and it became a standard in other parts of Europe.Ĭreator: Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist EratosthenesĪrea Depicted: An improved map of the known world at the time to the ancient GreeksĪlthough earlier Greeks created world maps and studied lands, Eratosthenes is known as the “father of geography” and is credited with inventing the discipline and coining the terminology still used today. ![]() Instead, Geographica provides a descriptive history of the people and places that were known during Strabo’s time. Strabos decided to approach geography through what he believed was more practical than focusing on the number and precise positions of places. Unlike other geographical works from the time period, nearly all of Strabo’s 17-volume work has survived and it great historical insight into this time period. ![]() The Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian Strabo is mostly known for his geographical encyclopedia titled Geographica (not to be confused with Eratosthenes’ work). Year Created: Uknown – believed to be no earlier than 20 BCEĬountry of Origin: Anatolia during the transitional period of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire (modern-day Turkey)Ĭreator: Greek geographer, historian, and philosopher StraboĪrea Depicted: The known world at the time to the ancient Greeks and Romans ![]()
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