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1993 · Vancouver
by Sitwell, O.F.G.
Vancouver: UBC Press, 1993. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xii, 668 pages. "Special" geography--a kind of "topography" on an entirely different scale--refers to books describing all the countries of the world, employing many of the same categories as "topography"--locations and areas, natural features and resources, plants and animals, human activities historical and current--but at the level of countries and regions rather than counties and parishes. The author has chosen 1887 as an endpoint because that was the year of the first academic appointment (in the English-speaking world) in the field of geography, thus marking the inception of "academic" geography, a different sort of geography. There are 950+ entries for first editions of books dated 1481 to 1887. Entries are generally by author and 1st edition, with subentries for later editions and including locations and notes. With a bibliography of sources and indexes by date of publication and by title. Was in print at $125.00. (Inventory #: 55008)