We may once again modify our statement of the purpose of geography to read: the study that seeks to provide scientific description of the earth as the world of man. (Richard Hartshorne)

We may once again modify our statement of the purpose of geography to read: the study that seeks to provide scientific description of the earth as the world of man.

Richard Hartshorne

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