First serviceable English translation in nearly a century of the only surviving work of its type in Greek literature. The major source for studying ancient geography and an important source for the journey of Alexander the Great, Greek cultic history, and early scientific theories about the nature of the world. Illustrations: 1 Tables, black and white; 1 Plates, black and white; 2 Maps; 1 Halftones, color; 2 Halftones, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white