Stores of knowledge were built up about such new and exotic places, as demonstrated by the Greek philosopher and world traveler Herodotus in the 5th century bce. That knowledge became known as geography, a term first used as the title of Eratosthenes of Cyrene's book Geographica in the 3rd century bce.
Hereof, who first wrote geography?
Eratosthenes
Beside above, who is Frederick red gel? Friedrich Ratzel (August 30, 1844 – August 9, 1904) was a German geographer and ethnographer, notable for first using the term Lebensraum ("living space") in the sense that the National Socialists later would.
Accordingly, who is known as the father of geography?
Eratosthenes
Who is the father of world history?
Herodotus
