一、国际地理大会在许多欧洲国家大学地理急剧发展的十九世纪后半叶,迫切感到需要为不同国家的地理学家提供一个见面和交流观点的论坛。第一次这样的大集会的精神之父是十六世纪两位著名人物—比利时的奥特里乌斯(地理学家,数学家—译者注)和麦卡托(地理学家、地图学家—译者注)。两个比利时城市树立塑像纪念他们,安特卫普想要建造奥特里乌斯(1527—1598年)纪 I. CONVENTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHY In the second half of the nineteenth century, when the geography of the universities of many European countries was rapidly evolving, there was an urgent sense of need to provide a forum for geographers in different countries to meet and exchange ideas. The father of the spirit of the first such rally was the two famous figures of the sixteenth century - Oteroles (geographer, mathematician - translator’s note) and McCatto (geographer, cartography Home - translator’s note). Two Belgian cities set statues to commemorate them, Antwerp wanted to build Otriès (1527-1598)