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| CHAPTER I. |
| Beginnings | [1] |
| CHAPTER II. |
| The Geography of the Greeks and Romans | [8] |
| CHAPTER III. |
| The Dark Age | [33] |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| The Mediæval Renascence | [42] |
| CHAPTER V. |
| Portuguese Expansion and the Revival of Ptolemy | [51] |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| The New World | [59] |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| The Far East and the Discovery of Australia | [68] |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| Polar Exploration to the Eighteenth Century | [74] |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| James Cook and His Successors | [87] |
| CHAPTER X. |
| Measurement, Cartography, and Theory, 1500–1800 | [90] |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| The Nineteenth Century: African Research | [107] |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| The Nineteenth Century and After: Asia and Australia | [115] |
| CHAPTER XIII. |
| The Nineteenth Century and After: The Poles | [122] |
| CHAPTER XIV. |
| The Nineteenth Century and After: Evolution and Progress of Geographical Science | [135] |
| Short Bibliography of Geography | [147] |
| Index | [149] |