Geography

By François Lasserre, Strabo

Subjects: Ouvrages avant 1800, History, Antiquités, Géographie ancienne, Geography, ancient, Description and travel, Civilisation, Early works to 1800, Sources, Historical geography, Ancient geography, Geography, Social life and customs, Ancient Geography, Celts, Geography, medieval, Southern Italy, Géographie, Descriptions et voyages

Description: The <b>*Geographica*</b> (Ancient Greek: Γεωγραφικά, Geōgraphiká), or <b>*Geography*</b>, is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 'books', written in Greek by Strabo, an educated citizen of the Roman empire of Greek descent. Work can have begun on it no earlier than 20 BC. A first edition was published in 7 BC followed by a gap, resumption of work and a final edition no later than 23 AD in the last year of Strabo's life. Strabo probably worked on his Geography and now missing History concurrently, as the Geography contains a considerable amount of historical data. Except for parts of Book 7, it has come down to us complete.