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Geography (from Greek: γεωγραφία, geographia. Combination of Greek words 'Geo' (The Earth) and 'Graphien' (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of Earth and its human and natural complexities—not merely where objects are, but also how they have changed and come to be. While geography is specific to Earth, many concepts can be applied more broadly to other celestial bodies in the field of planetary science. Geography has been called "a bridge between natural science and social science disciplines."The first recorded use of the word γεωγραφία was as a title of a book by Greek scholar Eratosthenes (276–194 BC). However, the concepts of geography (such as cartography) date back to the earliest attempts to understand the world spatially, with the earliest example of an attempted world map dating to the 9th century BCE in ancient Babylon. The history of geography as a discipline spans cultures and millennia, being independently developed by multiple groups, and cross-pollinated by trade between these groups. The core concepts of geography consistent between all approaches are a focus on space, place, time, and scale.Today, geography is an extremely broad discipline with multiple approaches and modalities. There have been multiple attempts to organize the discipline, including the four traditions of geography, and into branches. Techniques employed can generally be broken down into quantitative and qualitative approaches, with many studies taking mixed-methods approaches. Common techniques include cartography, remote sensing, interviews, and surveys. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Works about geography 85
- Guns, Germs, and Steel
- Tabula Rogeriana
- International Encyclopedia of Human Geography
- Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
- Ashkharatsuyts
- Book of Roads and Kingdoms
- The State of the World Atlas
- Cosmos
- Geography
- Fin-de-siècle Vienna
- Farsnama
- Is Geography Destiny? Lessons from Latin America
- Vamos a Cuba
- Šahrestānīhā ī Ērānšahr
- Daehanjiji
- نفح الطيب من غصن الأندلس الرطيب
- Why the West Rules—For Now
- The Measure of Civilization
- Dictionnaire des Arts et des Sciences
- Histoire d’un ruisseau
- History of a mountain
- L'Homme et la Terre (volume I)
- L'Homme et la Terre (volume II)
- L'Homme et la Terre (volume III)
- L'Homme et la Terre (volume IV)
- Horrible Geography
- Treasure Hunting
- The Coastline of England and Wales
- Geografia Stoicheiodis
- Bhoomisastram (1853)
- De montibus
- L'Homme et la Terre (volume V)
- Nouveau dictionnaire universel, usuel et complet de géographie moderne
- L'Homme et la Terre
- Teaching and learning geography
- Notebook 58 [Erwin Raisz notebooks]
- Notebook 56 [Erwin Raisz notebooks]
- Notebook 11 [Erwin Raisz notebooks]
- Notebook 12 [Erwin Raisz notebooks]
- Notebook 10 [Erwin Raisz notebooks]
- Notebook 13 [Erwin Raisz notebooks]
- Notebook 19 [Erwin Raisz notebooks]
- Notebook 22 [Erwin Raisz notebooks]
- Notebook 23 [Erwin Raisz notebooks]
- Notebook 25 [Erwin Raisz notebooks]
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