PART I _Origins, Sources, and Place in the Classification of Knowledge of the Geographical Lore of the Time of the Crusades_ I THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE ANCIENT WORLD 9 Sources 9 The Pythagoreans, Plato, and Aristotle 9 Roman Influence on Geography 10 Ptolemy 10 Latin Writers: Pliny, Solinus, Capella, Macrobius 11 The History of the Universe 12 Ancient Cosmogony 12 Celestial Influences 12 Cosmic Cycles: The Great Years 13 Geographic Application of the Theory of the Great Years 14 Duration of the Great Years 14 Shape, Movements, and Size of the Earth 15 Sphericity of the Earth 15 Immobility of the Earth 15 Circumference of the Earth 16 The Distribution of Habitable Regions; Zones; the Distribut…
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