ABSTRACT

An accessible and groundbreaking text that takes a fresh view of contemporary geographical issues by looking at the geographies we have lost.

Geography means writing about the world. Alternative ways of writing about the world are introduced and critically evaluated. The book discusses medieval cosmologies, Renaissance magic, feng shui, and the knowledge systems of indigenous people. Alternative Geographies provides an alternative way of looking, describing and understanding the world

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|43 pages

From Cosmography to Geography

chapter 2|19 pages

A Heart-Shaped World?

chapter 3|24 pages

Ancient Geographies

chapter 4|11 pages

The Speaking Land