who coined the term geography for the first time
Map of the Earth. Geography (from Greek Î³ÎµÏÎ³ÏÎ±ÏÎ¯Î±, geographia, lit. earth description) is a field study of the lands, the features, the inhabitants, and the phenomena of Earth.A literal translation would be to describe or picture or write about the earth. The first person to use the word geography was Eratosthenes (276â194 BC).eography has been called the world discipline and the bridge between the human and the physical science . Geography is divided into two main branches: human geography and physical geography.