BUNBURY, E.H.
A History of Ancient Geography: Among the Greeks and Romans from the Earliest Ages Till the Fall of the Roman Empire.
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street , 1879.
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First Edition of E.H. Banbury's A History of Ancient Geography; From the Library of Mountaineer, Environmentalist, and Author Francis P. Farquhar
First edition of this seminal, foundational survey tracing the evolution of geographical knowledge from early Greek literature (Homer) to the fall of the Roman Empire. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine, double ruling stamped in blind to the front and rear panels, illustrated with twenty maps, most folding. In very good condition. From the library of American mountaineer, environmentalist, and author Francis P. Farquhar with his ownership inscription to the front free endpapers of both volumes and dated 1947.
A History of Ancient Geography among the Greeks and Romans (1879) by E. H. Bunbury is a comprehensive scholarly study that traces the development of geographical knowledge from early Greek literature to the end of the Roman Empire. Moving chronologically from the mythic world of Homer to the more systematic approaches of Eratosthenes, Strabo, and Ptolemy, Bunbury examines how exploration, military expansion, and astronomical inquiry shaped ancient conceptions of the inhabited world (oikoumene). Drawing closely on classical texts—including Herodotus, Polybius, Pliny, and accounts of voyages such as those of Hanno and Nearchus—the work documents the gradual transition from poetic cosmography to increasingly scientific methods of mapping and measurement.
A History of Ancient Geography: Among the Greeks and Romans from the Earliest Ages Till the Fall of the Roman Empire.
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