The (re)making of the western ‘geographical tradition’: some missing links
AreaPublished 1 March 1997
James D. Sidaway
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Summary A brief investigation of certain missing links in the narration of the history of geography focuses on the need to consider the contribution of non‐western geographical and scientific knowledges to the making of ‘European discovery’ and therefore to the development of a putatively western geographical tradition.
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