GY 377 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Flash Mob, Cultural Geography, Immanuel Kant
4 Nov 2016
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They seek to be aware of the water and wants to learn about the water. Want to be aware of their context. In class example, flash mob of hallelujah video. Origins of geography geographical writings and inquiries into geographical problems. Even before the academic discipline of (cid:498)geography(cid:499) was formed, there were. The literal meaning of the word (cid:498)geography(cid:499) is earth (cid:523)geo(cid:524) writing (cid:523)graphy(cid:524), These early woks were mostly descriptions of places, which discussed the natural conditions of place and the culture or way of life of the people who lived there. or writing about the earth. Important to geography for his description of places, but emphasis was. Eratosthenes: calculated circumference of the earth, developed a coordinate system on historical elements of a place. Latitude/longitude are based on his system: work was encyclopedic description of places, which tried to explain. Arab geographers figured prominently in mapping and gathering. After the fall of rome information to add to ptolemy(cid:495)s work.
