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Eratosthenes of Cyrene c. 276 BC - c. 195 BC was the first person to use the word "geography" in Greek and he invented the discipline of geography as we understand it.

also created the first map of the world incorporating parallels and meridians within his cartographic depictions based on the available geographical knowledge of the era.

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