1. Human Geography A Brief History

2. Classical Period Two traditions Literary To describe and catalogue the Earth Mathematical To determine the exact shape and size of the Earth To accurately map the Earth

3. Herodotus 484-425 BC Known as “Father of History” And “Father of Lies” The Histories

5. Eratosthenes 273-192 BC Father of Geography First to use term Geographica Calculated circumference of the Earth

7. Other Important Greeks Hipparchus Designed system of latitude and longitude Ptolemy Created first index of locations using grid Strabo Created first Encyclopedia

8. al Idrisi 1099-1166 AD Court geographer to King of Sicily Geographia

9. Mercator 1512-1594 AD Cartographer Coined the usage of “atlas” for map collection

11. Bernhardus Varenius 1622-1650 AD German Universal geography Whole Earth Special or Particular Geography Regions

12. Alexander von Humboldt 1769-1859 AD Naturalist Cosmos Focused on humanity’s interaction with nature

13. Carl Ritter 1779-1859 AD Organic view of geography “The earth is a cosmic individual with a particular organisation…the exploration of this individuality of the earth is the task of geography” Universal laws Anatomy of the Earth

14. Ellen Churchill Semple 1863-1932 AD University of Chicago Environmental Determinism Culture determined by environment

15. Ellsworth Huntington & C.W. Cushing Principles of Human Geography (1940) Enshrined deterministic view Most “energetic” people in temperate zones

16. Carl Sauer 1889-1975 AD Rejected “environmental determinism” Landscape school possibilism

17. Geographers: The Next Generation YOU!