Four Centuries of Special GeographyGeography as an academic discipline dates back to the last fewdecades of the nineteenth century. However, during the precedingcenturies a large body of English language literature relevant to thefield of special geography was published. Four Centuries of SpecialGeography lists all the works published before 1888 and includesdescriptions of each entry and notes on later editions. Francis Sitwell has written an extensive introduction in which heprovides