The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known

Name: The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known
Author: Jacobs, Joseph

Jacobs, Joseph

Discoveries in geography

B.C.
_cir._ 600. Marseilles founded.
       570. Anaximander of Miletus invents maps and the gnomon.
       501. Hecatæus of Miletus writes the first geography.
       450. Himilco the Carthaginian said to have visited Britain.
       446. Herodotus describes Egypt and Scythia.
_cir._ 450. Hanno the Carthaginian sails down the west coast of
            Africa as far as Sierra Leone.
_cir._ 333. Pytheas visits Britain and the Low Countries.
       332. Alexander conquers Persia and visits India.
       330. Nearchus sails from the Indus to the Arabian Gulf.
_cir._ 300. Megasthenes describes the Punjab.
_cir._ 200. Eratosthenes founds scientific geography.
       100. Marinus of Tyre, founder of mathematical geography.
     60-54. Cæsar conquers Gaul; visits Britain, Switzerland, and Germany.
        20. Strabo describes the Roman Empire. First mention of Thule
            and Ireland.
 _bef._ 12. Agrippa compiles a _Mappa Mundi_, the foundation of
            all succeeding ones.

       A.D.
       150. Ptolemy publishes his geography.
       230. The Peutinger Table pictures the Roman roads.
    400-14. Fa-hien travels through and describes Afghanistan and India.
       499. Hoei-Sin said to have visited the kingdom of Fu-sang, 20,000
            furlongs east of China (identified by some with California).
    518-21. Hoei-Sing and Sung-Yun visit and describe the Pamirs and the
            Punjab.
       540. Cosmas Indicopleustes visits India, and combats the sphericity
            of the globe.
    629-46. Hiouen-Tshang travels through Turkestan, Afghanistan, India,
            and the Pamirs.
    671-95. I-tsing travels through and describes Java, Sumatra, and India.
       776. The _Mappa Mundi_ of Beatus.
   851-916. Suláimán and Abu Zaid visit China.
       861. Naddod discovers Iceland.
       884. Ibn Khordadbeh describes the trade routes between Europe and
            Asia.
_cir._ 890. Wulfstan and athere sail to the Baltic and the North Cape.
_cir._ 900. Gunbiörn discovers Greenland.
    912-30. The geographer Mas'udi describes the lands of Islam, from
            Spain to Further India, in his "Meadows of Gold."
       921. Ahmed Ibn Fozlan describes the Russians.
       969. Ibn Haukal composes his book on Ways.
       985. Eric the Red colonises Greenland.
_cir._1000. Lyef, son of Eric the Red, discovers Newfoundland
            (Helluland), Nova Scotia (Markland), and the mainland of
            North America (Vinland).
      1111. Earliest use of the water-compass by Chinese.
      1154. Edrisi, geographer to King Roger of Sicily, produces his
            geography.
   1159-73. Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela visited the Persian Gulf; reported
            on India.
_cir._1180. The compass first mentioned by Alexander Neckam.
      1255. William Ruysbroek (Rubruquis), a Fleming, visits Karakorum.
   1260-71. The brothers Nicolo and Maffeo Polo, father and uncle of Marco

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The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known

Jacobs, Joseph

Discoveries in geography

B.C.
_cir._ 600. Marseilles founded.
       570. Anaximander of Miletus invents maps and the gnomon.
       501. Hecatæus of Miletus writes the first geography.
       450. Himilco the Carthaginian said to have visited Britain.
       446. Herodotus describes Egypt and Scythia.
_cir._ 450. Hanno the Carthaginian sails down the west coast of
            Africa as far as Sierra Leone.
_cir._ 333. Pytheas visits Britain and the Low Countries.
       332. Alexander conquers Persia and visits India.
       330. Nearchus sails from the Indus to the Arabian Gulf.
_cir._ 300. Megasthenes describes the Punjab.
_cir._ 200. Eratosthenes founds scientific geography.
       100. Marinus of Tyre, founder of mathematical geography.
     60-54. Cæsar conquers Gaul; visits Britain, Switzerland, and Germany.
        20. Strabo describes the Roman Empire. First mention of Thule
            and Ireland.
 _bef._ 12. Agrippa compiles a _Mappa Mundi_, the foundation of
            all succeeding ones.

       A.D.
       150. Ptolemy publishes his geography.
       230. The Peutinger Table pictures the Roman roads.
    400-14. Fa-hien travels through and describes Afghanistan and India.
       499. Hoei-Sin said to have visited the kingdom of Fu-sang, 20,000
            furlongs east of China (identified by some with California).
    518-21. Hoei-Sing and Sung-Yun visit and describe the Pamirs and the
            Punjab.
       540. Cosmas Indicopleustes visits India, and combats the sphericity
            of the globe.
    629-46. Hiouen-Tshang travels through Turkestan, Afghanistan, India,
            and the Pamirs.
    671-95. I-tsing travels through and describes Java, Sumatra, and India.
       776. The _Mappa Mundi_ of Beatus.
   851-916. Suláimán and Abu Zaid visit China.
       861. Naddod discovers Iceland.
       884. Ibn Khordadbeh describes the trade routes between Europe and
            Asia.
_cir._ 890. Wulfstan and athere sail to the Baltic and the North Cape.
_cir._ 900. Gunbiörn discovers Greenland.
    912-30. The geographer Mas'udi describes the lands of Islam, from
            Spain to Further India, in his "Meadows of Gold."
       921. Ahmed Ibn Fozlan describes the Russians.
       969. Ibn Haukal composes his book on Ways.
       985. Eric the Red colonises Greenland.
_cir._1000. Lyef, son of Eric the Red, discovers Newfoundland
            (Helluland), Nova Scotia (Markland), and the mainland of
            North America (Vinland).
      1111. Earliest use of the water-compass by Chinese.
      1154. Edrisi, geographer to King Roger of Sicily, produces his
            geography.
   1159-73. Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela visited the Persian Gulf; reported
            on India.
_cir._1180. The compass first mentioned by Alexander Neckam.
      1255. William Ruysbroek (Rubruquis), a Fleming, visits Karakorum.
   1260-71. The brothers Nicolo and Maffeo Polo, father and uncle of Marco

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