Geographia Generalis

Geographia Generalis
Geographia generalis
AuthorBernhardus Varenius
TranslatorRichard Blome, James Jurin
PublisherElzevir press, Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1650
Published in English
1682, 1721

Geographia Generalis is a book about geography. It was written by Bernhardus Varenius and first published in 1650.[1] This influential book helped start modern geographical science and was very important to the development of geography as a scientific discipline.[2][3][4] A geographer named Fred Lukermann said that Geographia Generalis was what made medieval geography end and modern geography begin.[5]

References

  1. Baker, J. N. L. (1955). "The Geography of Bernhard Varenius". Transactions and Papers (Institute of British Geographers). 21 (21): 51–60. doi:10.2307/621272. JSTOR 621272.
  2. Schuchard, Margret (2008). "Notes On Geographia Generalis And Its Introduction To England And North America". In Schuchard, Margret (ed.). Bernhard Varenius (1622-1650). Brill. pp. 227–237. ISBN 978-90-04-16363-8. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  3. Mayhew, Robert J. (2008). "From Hackwork To Classic: The English Editing Of The Geographia Generalis". In Schuchard, Margret (ed.). Bernhard Varenius (1622-1650). Brill. pp. 239–257. ISBN 978-90-04-16363-8. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  4. Shaw, Denis J.B. (2008). "Bernhard Varenius' Geographia Generalis And The Rise Of Modern Geographical Studies In Russia". In Schuchard, Margret (ed.). Bernhard Varenius (1622-1650). Brill. pp. 271–287. doi:10.1163/ej.9789004163638.i-351.95. ISBN 978-90-04-16363-8. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  5. Mayhew, Robert J. (2011). "Geography's Genealogies". In Agnew, John A.; Livingstone, David N. (eds.). The SAGE Handbook of Geographical Knowledge. SAGE Publications Inc. ISBN 978-1-4129-1081-1.