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LIST OF GEOGRAPHERS
  1. Eratosthenes 
    (276BC - 194BC) - calculated the size of the Earth

  2. Strabo 
    (64/63 BC – ca. AD 24) - wrote Geographica, one of the first books outlining the study of geography.

  3. Ptolmy 
    (c.90–c.168) - compiled Greek and Roman knowledge into the book 

  4. Muhammad-Al-Idrisi 
    (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد الإدريسي; Latin: Dreses) (1100–1165/66) - author of Nuzhatul Mushtaq.

  5. Gerardus Mercator
    (1512–1594) - innovative cartographer produced the mercator projection)

  6. Alexander-Von-Humboldt 
    (1769–1859) - Considered Father of modern geography, published the Kosmos and founder of the sub-field biogeography.

  7. Carl Ritter
     (1779–1859) - Considered Father of modern geography. Occupied the first chair of geography at Berlin University.

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