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Strabo's 'Geographica' and compilation of Greek geographic knowledge (c. 1st century BCE–1st century CE)

64 BCE - 1620

14 entries

Pytheas of Massalia's voyage to Thule and northern Europe (c. 325 BCE)

330 BCE - 77

14 entries

Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax and the Greek coastal periplus tradition (4th century BCE)

500 BCE - 2011

13 entries

Greek colonization of the Black Sea coasts (Pontus) (8th–3rd centuries BCE)

800 BCE - 107 BCE

14 entries

Greek colonization of Magna Graecia (8th–5th centuries BCE)

403 - 775

12 entries

Establishment of Greek colonies in Sicily (8th–5th centuries BCE)

734 BCE - 405 BCE

15 entries

Eratosthenes' measurement of the Earth's circumference and world map (c. 240 BCE)

300 BCE - 200

14 entries

Alexander the Great's eastern campaigns and geographic reconnaissance (334–323 BCE)

334 BCE - 323 BCE

14 entries