Gazetteer
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A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary or directory used in conjunction with a map or atlas. It typically contains information concerning the geographical makeup, social statistics and physical feat
Ordnance Gazetteer for Scotland – title page
Ordnance Gazetteer for Scotland – first page
"Prevailing Religions of the British Indian Empire", from the Imperial Gazetteer of India, Oxford University Press, 1909
"Jinling Tuyong" ('Gazetteer of Jinling'), a Ming dynasty gazetteer printed in 1624 with 40 different woodblock printed scenes of 17th-century Nanjing
History of geography
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The history of geography includes many histories of geography which have differed over time and between different cultural and political groups. In more recent developments, geography has become a dis
Fictional portrait of Marco Polo.
Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859)
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, by Abraham Ortelius, World, 1572
The World showing the League of Nations, 1929