Encyclopaedia of World Great Geographers

Contents: Preface. 1. Agatharchides. 2. Alexander von Humboldt. 3. Alfred Russel Wallace. 4. Arthur H. Robinson. 5. Bernard Romans. 6. Carl Ritter. 7. Charles Tilstone Beke. 8. David Harvey. 9. Elisee Reclus. 10. Eratosthenes. 11. Francis Galton. 12. Frederick William Beechey. 13. Friedrich Ratzel. 14. Ghazi Falah. 15. Gilbert F. White. 16. Halford John Mackinder. 17. Henry Schoolcraft. 18. Hipparchus. 19. Ibn Battuta. 20. James Croll. 21. Jared Diamond. 22. Jean Gottmann. 23. John Dee. 24. Lev Gumilev. 25. Manual Castells. 26. Michael Watts. 27. Milton Santos. 28. Nicolae Milescu. 29. Nikolai Vavilov. 30. Oskar Spate. 31. Pausaniash. 32. Pedro Nunes. 33. Peter Kropotkin. 34. Philipp Cluver. 35. Posidonius. 36. Ptolemy. 37. Pyotr Semenov-Tyan-Shansky. 38. Pytheas. 39. Richard Chorley. 40. Richard Francis Burton. 41. Samuel de Champlain. 42. Saskia Sassen. 43. Shen Kuo. 44. Su Song. 45. Sven Hedin. 46. William Bunge. 47. Zheng He.

"Traditionally, geography as well as geographers has been viewed as the same as cartography and people who study place names. Although many geographers are trained in toponymy and cartography, this is not their main preoccupation. Geographers study the spatial and temporal distribution of phenomena, processes and feature as well as the interaction of humans and their environment. As space and place affect a variety of topics such as economics, health, climate, plants and animals, geography is highly interdisciplinary.

Covering a wide range of technical topics, these books is packed with enormous conceptual and factual knowledge which shall be useful for the teachers, students, academicians, policy makers and for those who are interested in geographer. This work is designed to meet the requirements of students and teachers of geography." (jacket)