Bibliography of encyclopedias: geography

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This is a list of encyclopedias and encyclopedic/biographical dictionaries published on the subject of geography and geographers in any language. Entries are in the English language except where noted.

Contents

General geography

Africa

North Africa

  • Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Middle East and North Africa. Cambridge University Press, 1988. [12]

Americas

Caribbean

  • Collier, Simon. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean. 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, 1992. [12] [13]

Latin America

  • Collier, Simon. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean. 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, 1992. [12] [13]
  • Nuñez, Benjamin. Dictionary of Afro-Latin American Civilization. Greenwood, 1980. [14]

North America

  • Bartlett, Richard A. Rolling Rivers: An Encyclopedia of America's Rivers. McGraw-Hill, 1984. [9]
  • Bender, Gordon L. Reference Handbook on the Deserts of North America. Greenwood, 1982. [9]
Canada
  • Encyclopedia Canadiana. Grolier, 1975. [13]
  • Marsh, James H. The Canadian Encyclopedia. 2nd ed., Hurtig Publishers, 1988. [13]
  • Marsh, James H. The Junior Encyclopedia of Canada. Hurtig Publishers, 1990. [11] [13]
United States
  • Kane, Joseph Nathan, Charles Curry Allen. The American counties: Origins of county names, dates of creation, and population data, 1950–2000. Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN   0810850362. [15]
Central West
  • Encyclopedia of the Central West. Facts on File, 1989. [16]
Far West
  • Encyclopedia of the Far West. Facts on File, 1989. [16]
Midwest
  • Encyclopedia of the Midwest. Facts on File, 1989. [16]
New England
  • O'Brien, Robert and Richard D. Brown. The Encyclopedia of New England. Facts on File, 1985. [16]
Southern United States
  • Encyclopedia of the South. Facts on File, 1989. [16]

Antarctica

Asia

Central Asia

  • Brown, Archie. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Russia and the Former Soviet Union. 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, 1993. [10] [12] [13]
  • The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 3rd ed., Macmillan, 1973–83. [10]

East Asia

China
  • Cambridge Encyclopedia of China. 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, 1991. [12]
  • Lin, Chun, Hans Hendrischke. The territories of the People's Republic of China. Routledge, 2006. ISBN   1857433955. [18]
Japan
  • Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan. Cambridge University Press, 1993. [11] [12]
  • Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha America, 1993. [11]
  • Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan. Kodansha, 1983. [11]
  • Perkins, Dorothy. Encyclopedia of Japan: Japanese History and Culture from Abacus to Zori. Facts on File, 1991. [11]

Russia

  • Brown, Archie. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Russia and the Former Soviet Union. 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, 1993. [10] [12] [13]
  • The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 3rd ed., Macmillan, 1973–83. [10]
  • Wilson, Andrew and Nina Bachkatov. Russia and the Commonwealth A to Z. HarperPerennial, 1992. [13]

South Asia

Bangladesh
  • Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. Cambridge University Press, 1989. [12]
Bhutan
  • Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. Cambridge University Press, 1989. [12]
India
  • Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. Cambridge University Press, 1989. [12]
  • Chand, S. India: An Encyclopedic Survey. 1983. [7]
  • Chopra, P. N. Encyclopedia of India. Rima Publishing House, 1992–. [7]
Maldives
  • Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. Cambridge University Press, 1989. [12]
Pakistan
  • Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. Cambridge University Press, 1989. [12]
Sri Lanka
  • Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. Cambridge University Press, 1989. [12]

Western Asia

  • Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Middle East and North Africa. Cambridge University Press, 1988. [12]
Iran
  • Yarshater, Ehsan. Encyclopedia Iranica. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982–. [7]

Europe

Eastern Europe

  • Brown, Archie. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Russia and the Former Soviet Union. 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, 1993. [10] [12] [13]
  • The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 3rd ed., Macmillan, 1973–83. [10]
Ukraine
  • Kubijovyc, Volodymyr. Encyclopedia of Ukraine. University of Toronto Press, 1984–93. [3]
  • Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopedia. University of Toronto Press, 1963–70. [3]

Western Europe

Iceland
Ireland
  • de Breffny, Brian. Ireland: A Cultural Encyclopedia. Facts on File, 1983. [11]
  • Lewis, Samuel. A topographical dictionary of Ireland: Comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate, market, and post towns, parishes, and villages, with historical and statistical descriptions . . . Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984. ISBN   0806310634. [15]
United Kingdom
  • Friar, Stephen. The local history companion. Sutton Publishing, 2001. ISBN   0750927224. [15]
England
  • Ekwall, Eilert. The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names. Clarendon Press, 1960. [15]
  • Lewis, Samuel. A topographical dictionary of England. Institute for Historical Research, 1848. Available online here. [15]
  • Mills, A. D. A dictionary of British place-names. Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN   0198527586. [15]
  • Watts, V. E., John Insley, Margaret Gelling. The Cambridge dictionary of English place-names: Based on the collections of the English Place-Name Society. Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN   0521362091. [15]
Scotland
  • Lewis, Samuel. A topographical dictionary of Scotland: comprising the several counties, islands, cities, burgh and market towns, parishes, and principal villages with historical and statistical descriptions. Genealogical Publ. Co., 1989. ISBN   9780806312552. [15]
  • Wilson, John M. The gazetteer of Scotland. Willow Bend Books, 2002. [15]

Oceania

Australia

  • Australian Encyclopedia. 5th ed., Australian Geographic Society, 1988. [13]
  • Cambridge Encyclopedia of Australia. Cambridge University Press, 1993. [12]
  • Shaw, John. The Concise Encyclopedia of Australia. 2nd ed., David Bateman Ltd., 1989. [13]

New Zealand

  • McLauchlan, Gordon. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of New Zealand. David Bateman Ltd., 1990. [10]

Cities

Oceanography

Rivers and lakes

See also

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Guide to Reference: Biography
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Kister, 1994, p. 368.
  3. 1 2 3 Kister, 1994, p. 364.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Kister, 1994, p. 349.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Guide to Reference: Core Geography
  6. ↑ Kister, 1994, p. 366-367.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Kister, 1994, p. 363.
  8. 1 2 3 Kister, 1994, p. 364-365.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Kister, 1994, p. 367.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kister, 1994, p. 365.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kister, 1994, p. 365-366.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Kister, 1994, p. 361-362.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Kister, 1994, p. 362.
  14. ↑ Kister, 1994, p. 362-363.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Guide to Reference: Genealogy
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 Kister, 1994, p. 363-364.
  17. ↑ Kister, 1994, p. 361.
  18. ↑ Guide to Reference: History of Asia
  19. 1 2 Kister, 1994, pp. 367–368.

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