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Encyclopedia of geographical knowledge by Strabo
The Geographica or Geography, is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 books, written in Greek in the late first century BC, or early first century AD, and attributed to Strabo, an educated citizen of the Roman Empire of Greek descent. There is a fragmentary palimpsest dating to the fifth century. The earliest manuscripts of books 1–9 date to the tenth century, with a thirteenth-century manuscript containing the entire text. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: GeographicaA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Editorial: Geographica – A New Space for Visual Storytelling in TESGInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Die Quellen von Strabons drittem BuchThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: First chemical study of anaspidean Syphonota geographica: structure of degraded sterols aplykurodinone-1 and -2Cited 46 times
- Go sideways: StraboA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
First chemical study of anaspidean Syphonota geographica: structure of degraded sterols aplykurodinone-1 and -2
Lipid composition of lung and lung lavage fluid from map turtles (Malaclemys geographica) maintained at different environmental temperatures
Habitat Utilization by the Turtle, Graptemys geographica, along a River
Northern map turtles ( Graptemys geographica ) derive energy from the pelagic pathway through predation on zebra mussels ( Dreissena polymorpha )
Impact of recreational power boating on two populations of northern map turtles ( Graptemys geographica )
Movement and habitat use of two aquatic turtles (Graptemys geographica and Trachemys scripta) in an urban landscape
The physiology of hibernation in common map turtles (Graptemys geographica)
Intersexual niche divergence in northern map turtles (Graptemys geographica): the roles of diet and habitat
🆕 Influential since 2022
Editorial: Geographica – A New Space for Visual Storytelling in TESG
Itsy Bitsy Biters: Male Northern Map Turtles (Graptemys geographica) Bite Females During Mating Attempts
Hydroelectric Dam May Impact the Microbiome of an Endangered Northern Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica) Population
Acta Geographica Lodziensia – w 75-lecie istnienia czasopisma
ROMANS AND MARCOMANNI - (S.) Hartung Kontinuitäten und Brüche in den römisch-markomannischen Beziehungen während der Kaiserzeit. Politik, Wirtschaft, Kultur und Alltag neben einer antiken Supermacht. (Geographica Historica 46.) Pp. 714, fig., colour ills, b/w & colour maps. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2024. Cased, €112. ISBN: 978-3-515-13609-9.
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Die Quellen von Strabons drittem BuchJosef Morr · 1926
- 📕Madrid y su area di influencia a través de tres revistasAurora García Ballesteros · 1980
- 📕Os 120 anos de criação da Commissão Geographica e GeologicaInstituto Geológico (São Paulo, Brazil) · 2006
- 📕Um século de pesquisa em geociênciasPercy Corrêa Vieira · 1985
- 📕Pesquisando São Paulo · 1996
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