Learn why Anaximander’s first map of the world was so revolutionary, and how this Greek philosopher’s thinking shaped our modern conception of the Earth and of space. 

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Learn how geographic thinking and geographic technology are addressing the world’s most complex problems from local to global scale, including those in health, transportation, agriculture, energy, and many more fields. 

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Hear all about the amazing journeys and tales from Ibn Battuta, 14th Century world traveler. 

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Hear all about The Great Trigonometric Survey of India, and its implications for cartography, fieldwork, and political geography. 

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In today’s blog and Twitter-saturated world of short text, Strabo’s (63 BCE – c. 24 CE) Geographica seems almost from another world.  Not only was it lengthy—composed of 17 books—but […]

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