Geography is the scientific study of the locational and spatial variation in both physical and human phenomena on Earth.
Geography is much more than cartography, the study of maps, nor is it the study of 'capes and bays'.
By the 18th century, geography had become recognized as a discrete discipline and became part of a typical university curriculum in Europe (especially Paris and Berlin), although not the in the United Kingdom where geography was generally taught as a sub-discipline of other subjects.
Strategicgeography is concerned with the control of, or access to, spatial areas that have an impact on the security and prosperity of nations.
Spatial areas that concern strategicgeography change with human needs and development; recent examples of spatial areas include oil fields which affect the prosperity of a nation or the Gaza strip.
This field is a subset of human geography, itself a subset of the more general study of geography.