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Identify the first person to use the term term “geography.” list two of his contributions to geography at that time.
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Identify the first person to use the term term “geography.” list two of his contributions to geography at that time.

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Eratosthenes.

1. agreed Earth was spherical and calculated its circumference with .5 percent accuracy
2. prepared one of the earliest maps of known world
3. correctly divided Earth into 5 climatic regions
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