MEDITERRANEAN Sea.Hecateaus gave a detailed account of the Mediterranean Sea, islands, straits, and described the general outline of all the countries of the world. It is the first systemic description of the world and because of this fact Hecataeus is KNOWN as the ‘father of geography’.His main book is Ges-periods (description of the earth) which was published most probably before the end of the 6TH century. According to Herodotus, Hecataeus had visited Thebes in Egypt.In his work, Hecataeus gave a general survey of the world.It describes the places and districts situated in the vicinity of the Mediterranean Sea, ESPECIALLY those near the AEGEAN Sea.This work could be called Periplus, which means, in the Greek language, the coastal survey.The work of Hecataeus was divided into two books:The first book contains geographical information about Europe The second deals with Libya (Africa plus Asia)