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Title page of the 1620 edition of Isaac Casaubon's Geographica, whose 840 page numbers prefixed by "C" are now used as a standard text reference.. The Geographica (Ancient Greek: Γεωγραφικά, Geōgraphiká; Latin: Geographica or Strabonis Rerum Geographicarum Libri XVII, "Strabo's 17 Books on Geographical Topics") or Geography, is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting ...
Regional geography is also a certain approach to geographical study, comparable to quantitative geography or critical geography. This approach prevailed during the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, a period when then regional geography paradigm was central within the geographical sciences.
Origins of many of the concepts in geography can be traced to Greek Eratosthenes of Cyrene, who may have coined the term "geographia" (c. 276 BC – c. 195/194 BC). [4] The first recorded use of the word γεωγραφία was as the title of a book by Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy (100 – 170 AD). [ 1 ]
4.1 Introduction to Political Geography 4.2 Political Processes 4.3 Political Power and Territoriality 4.4 Defining Political Boundaries 4.5 The Function of Political Boundaries 4.6 Internal Boundaries 4.7 Forms of Governance 4.8 Defining Devolutionary Factors 4.9 Challenges to Sovereignty 4.10 Consequences of Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces
The 10th parallel north defines part of the border between Sierra Leone and Guinea. The 10th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 10 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane . It crosses Africa , the Indian Ocean , the Indian Subcontinent , Southeast Asia , the Pacific Ocean , Central America , South America , and the Atlantic ...
Soil geography deals with the distribution of soils across the terrain. This discipline, between geography and soil science, is fundamental to both physical geography and pedology. [9] [10] [11] Pedology is the study of soils in their natural environment.
An E-8 crew member entering data using an AN/PYQ-10 before a flight. The AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loader (SKL) is a ruggedized, portable, hand-held fill device, for securely receiving, storing, and transferring data between compatible cryptographic and communications equipment.
Spykman NJ (1944) The Geography of the Peace New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co. Sutton I (1991) 'The Political Geography of Indian Country' American Indian Culture and Research Journal 15(2) pp1–169. Taylor PJ & Flint C (2007) Political geography: world-economy, nation-state and locality Harlow: Pearson Education Lim. ISBN 0-13-196012-1