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Geography and encyclopaedias

Encyclopaedias as compendiums of knowledge, consisting of information condensed in thousands of entries usually organized and presented in alphabetical order, tend to include many information on geographical features, both physical as well as human and political. Due to wide circulation of encyclopaedias, geographical information included in them are exposed to a widest possible use and public attention. In Croatia encyclopaedias are most often compiled and published by the specialized scientific institution – the Miroslav Krleža Lexicographic Institute based in Zagreb. Geographical information has traditionally been well represented in Institute's publication, which is illustrated in the paper primarily on the case of recent edition of general encyclopaedia. Consequently, geoghraphers have been continuously present among Institute's staff since its foundation. Transfer of geographical information and knowledge on geographical features into the framework of encyclopaedias raises several issues, like use of specific geographical terminology or use of toponyms, which are widely elaborated and discussed by the authors of the paper.

geography; encyclopaedias; geographical terminology; toponyms

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