who was the 1st to coin the term geography?
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Eratosthenes
'Geography' derives from the Greek γεωγραφία – geographia, a literal translation of which would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes (276–194 BC).
'Geography' derives from the Greek γεωγραφία – geographia, a literal translation of which would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes (276–194 BC).
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Eratosthenes of Cyrene, a Greek mathematician, geographer and astronomer had coined the term Geography and hence is aptly referred to as the Father of Geography.
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