Royal Danish Geographical Society
Encyclopedia
Royal Danish Geographical Society (RDGS) is a scientific society aimed at furthering the knowledge of the Earth
and its inhabitants and to disseminate the interest in the science of geography
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It was founded 18 November 1876 on the initiative of Professor E. D. Erslev. The society is based in Copenhagen
, Denmark
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Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
and its inhabitants and to disseminate the interest in the science of geography
Geography
Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
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It was founded 18 November 1876 on the initiative of Professor E. D. Erslev. The society is based in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
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