GSRTC Important Notification for Conductor Post 2019. The period from the second half of the 15th century to the 18th century is known as the age of exploration. During this period, information about various regions of the world was collected through explorations. Map making developed. The information so obtained was classified in scientific framework leading to development of the subject Geography. As a result Bernhardus Varenius in his book 'Geographia Generalis', has indicated two divisions of Geography : (1) Relative Geography and (2) Absolute Geography. In relative geography, characteristics of the Earth are studied considering it as an entire single unit. In absolute geography, the different regions and their human life are studied. Human life has progressively developed on the earth. The natural factors influence man's basic needs of food, clothing, shelter, etc. In human geography, the mutual impacts of human and natural factors are studied. In human geography, 'Man' is at the centre. Man's activity is determined by his habitat.E.g., in plain regions, man's activity is farming, man living in forest collects forest products, while man in coastal region does fishing. Thus the field of Geography has developed through activities that originate from interrelations between man and environment. Keeping this in mind, Varenius has classified the subject matter of Geography into three sub-fields : (1) astronomical characteristics (2) locational characteristics and (3) human characteristics.
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