TY  - BOOK
AU  - Romm,James S.
TI  - The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought: Geography, Exploration, and Fiction 
SN  - 0691201706
AV  - PA3015.G44 R65 1992
U1  - 809.93591 20
PY  - 1992///]
CY  - Princeton, New Jersey
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Geography in literature
KW  - Classical literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Electronic books.
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Works Frequently Cited --; Introduction --; One . The Boundaries of Earth --; Two. Ethiopian and Hyperborean --; Three. Wonders of the East --; Four. Ultima Thule and Beyond --; Five. Geography and Fiction --; Epilogue. After Columbus --; Index
N2  - For the Greeks and Romans the earth's farthest perimeter was a realm radically different from what they perceived as central and human. The alien qualities of these "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition that endured throughout antiquity and into the Renaissance, despite the growing challenges of emerging scientific perspectives. Here James Romm surveys this tradition, revealing that the Greeks, and to a somewhat lesser extent the Romans, saw geography not as a branch of physical science but as an important literary genre
ER  -