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1 online resource (xii, 192 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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computer c |
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online resource cr |
Contents |
Introduction. What Ptolemy expected his reader to know ; The place of the Geography in Ptolemy's work ; Ptolemy's evolving conception of the world ; Marinos and other sources ; Ptolemy's map projections and coordinate lists ; The manuscripts of the Geography ; The maps in the manuscripts ; Early readers and translators ; Modern editions and translations of the Geography ; Our translation -- Ptolemy, Guide to drawing a map of the world. Book 1; Book 2 ; Book 7 ; Book 8 -- Plates and maps -- Appendices. Appendix A : the journeys of Flaccus and Maternus to the Aithiopians ; Appendix B : Marinos' calculation of the latitude of Cape Prason ; Appendix C: the trade route across central Asia ; Appendix D : the breadth of the Mediterranean according to Marinos and Ptolemy ; Appendix E : the sail to Kattigara ; Appendix F : The miscellaneous criticisms of Marinos' data ; Appendix G : textual notes ; Appendix H : geographical index. |
ISBN |
9780691214115 (electronic bk.) |
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0691214115 (electronic bk.) |
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0691010420 |
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9780691010427 |
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0691092591 |
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9780691092591 |
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