University of Southern Denmark The corners of a Pontic world An essay in the history of spaces Bekker-Nielsen, Tønnes Published in: Orbis Terrarum Publication date: 2018 Document version: Final published version Citation for pulished version (APA): Bekker-Nielsen, T. (2018). The corners of a Pontic world: An essay in the history of spaces. Orbis Terrarum, 15 (2017), 23-69. http://www.steiner-verlag.de/titel/61524.html Go to publication entry in University of Southern Denmark's Research Portal Terms of use This work is brought to you by the University of Southern Denmark. Unless otherwise specified it has been shared according to the terms for self-archiving. If no other license is stated, these terms apply: • You may download this work for personal use only. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying this open access version If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details and we will investigate your claim. Please direct all enquiries to
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