Observations on the Topography of the Plain of Troy: And on the Principal Objects Within, and Around It Described, or Alluded To, in the Iliad

by James Rennell

James Rennell (1742-1830) could be claimed as the father of historical geography. After a long career at sea and in India, during which he had learned surveying and cartography, he returned to England and entered the circle of Sir Joseph Banks, who encouraged him to widen his interests to include the geography of the ancient world. In this work, published in 1814, Rennell compares the actual topography of the area in which Troy was believed to be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108071821
• ISBN13: 9781108071826
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"