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... in Leiden. Dutch geographer. Varenius was the author of Geographia Generalis, in which, from a systematized knowledge of the earth, he first made the distinction between general and special (regional) geography. The first edition of his book appeared in Amsterdam in 1650, and the second and third in 1672 and 1681 in Cambridge, edited by Newton. In the reign of Peter ...

... in Leiden. Dutch geographer. Varenius was the author of Geographia Generalis, in which, from a systematized knowledge of the earth, he first made the distinction between general and special (regional) geography. The first edition of his book appeared in Amsterdam in 1650, and the second and third in 1672 and 1681 in Cambridge, edited by Newton. In the reign of Peter ...

... by the Dutch geographer B. Varenius (Varen) in 1650, and the term “Southern Ocean” was used in maps and atlases until the first quarter of the 20th century. During this period, geographers in many countries extended the designation to include Antarctica, inasmuch as the ice-covered continent was considered part of the ocean and the antarctic circle was ...

... -Orlov, the translation of B. Varenius’ World Geography. Is well known.REFERENCESBrailovskii, S. N. “F. P. Polikarpov-Orlov—direktor Moskovskoi tipografii.” Zhurnal Ministerstva narodnogo prosveshcheniia., 1894, nos. 9–11. Fursenko, V. V. “Polikarpov-Orlov.” In Russkii biograficheskii slovar’. [vol. 14]. St. Petersburg, 1905. Luppov, S. P. Kniga v ...

... -Orlov, the translation of B. Varenius’ World Geography. Is well known.REFERENCESBrailovskii, S. N. “F. P. Polikarpov-Orlov—direktor Moskovskoi tipografii.” Zhurnal Ministerstva narodnogo prosveshcheniia., 1894, nos. 9–11. Fursenko, V. V. “Polikarpov-Orlov.” In Russkii biograficheskii slovar’. [vol. 14]. St. Petersburg, 1905. Luppov, S. P. Kniga v ...