Which statements are true?
(A) Hecataeus is known as the father of Geography.
(B) Aristotle is known as the father of Geography.
(C) Historia Naturalia is the famous book of Pliny.
(D) Historia Naturalia is the famous book of Thales.
(E) Hipparchus is known as the father of Geography.
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) and (C) Only
(A) Hecataeus is known as the father of Geography. Correct. Hecataeus of Miletus (6th century BCE) wrote Ges Periodos (“Journey round the Earth”), one of the earliest descriptions of the known world, and is called the father of geography (a title also given to Eratosthenes).
(B) Aristotle is known as the father of Geography. Incorrect. Aristotle was a philosopher who argued that the earth is round, but he is not called the father of geography.
(C) Historia Naturalia is the famous book of Pliny. Correct. Pliny the Elder, a Roman writer, wrote the Natural History (Naturalis Historia) in the 1st century CE.
(D) Historia Naturalia is the famous book of Thales. Incorrect. Thales of Miletus was a Greek philosopher and mathematician; the Natural History is Pliny’s work.
(E) Hipparchus is known as the father of Geography. Incorrect. Hipparchus was a Greek astronomer, known as the father of trigonometry.