The Student's Manual Of Ancient Geography [Paperback]

Tbe followi DgM aonal is bawd npon the Dictionar; of Greek aal Bomftn Geography. Tbe original work contaiu Bgreat mam ot infonnatio Dderived from the re Bearchea of modem tiave Uers and scholaxa, which have not yet been loade availahle for the pnrpoee of iiutruction in our collegea and schools. It haa therefore been thought that a MiuqbI, giving, in a ByB tetnitic form and iu a moderate compass, tbe meet important results embodied in the Dtctiooary vould prove an acoeptahle addition to our school and college literature. It would, however, be doing injustice to Mr. Sevan slabours to represent liiera as only systematizing tbe larger work. Besides adapting it for a di Serent class of readeTS, he baa likewise made many valuable additions, of which the most important are: 1. A history of Geography in A ntiquity, containing an account of the views of the Hebrews, as well as of the Greeks and Romans, and tracing the pnress of the science from the mythical accounts of tbe poets tbioih tbe progressive systems of UerodotuB, Erato Bthenes, Strabo, Ptolfflny, and intermediate writers. This portion of the work is illustrated by maps of the world aa known to the poets, historians, and geographers. It ctmclndes with a chapter npon (be Hatbematical and Physical Geography of the A ncients. 2. A a full an account of Scriptural Geography as was conaialent with the limits of the work. Not only is considerable space devoted to Palestine and the adjacent countries, but infomiation is given npon all other Sdiptural subjects, such as the Travels of 8t. Paul, which can be illustrated by a knowledge of Getraphy. In this part of the work important assistance has been derived from tbe recently published Dictionary of theB
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