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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    July 2015
    September 2014
    ISBN:
    9781107294684
    9781108071826
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107294684
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    Dimensions:
    (254 x 178 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.33kg, 184 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General), Geography, Historical Geography
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
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    Subjects:
    Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General), Geography, Historical Geography
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
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    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 located with the accounts of ancient commentators on Homer, with the Homeric accounts themselves, and finally with the work of ancient geographers. Without offering his own solution to the problem, he demolishes with zest the then current theory that Troy was located at the village of Bournabashi - a conclusion with which Heinrich Schliemann later agreed. Rennell's posthumously published work on the topography of Western Asia is also reissued in this series.

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