# History of Geography

Author: Keltie, John Scott, Sir, 1840-1927; Howarth, O. J. R. (Osbert John Radcliffe), 1877-1954

Genre: Category: History - Other

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58349

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=History+of+Geography+Keltie&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

We need not attempt any elaborate definition of Geography at this stage; it is hoped that a fairly clear idea of its field and functions may arise during the following brief summary of its history and evolution. The old-fashioned definition, “A description of the earth,” is serviceable enough if accepted in its widest sense. Geography may be regarded as the mother of the sciences. Whatever was the origin of man, whether single or multiple, and wherever he emerged into manhood, he was a wanderer, an explorer, from the first. Necessity compelled him to make himself familiar with his environment and its resources, and as the race multiplied emigration became compulsory. The more that relics...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-geography-58349/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-geography-58349/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-geography-58349/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-geography-58349/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-geography-58349/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-geography-58349/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-geography-58349/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-geography-58349/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-geography-58349/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-geography-58349/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-geography-58349/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-geography-58349/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-geography-58349/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-geography-58349/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/history-of-geography-58349/chapters/1/index.md)