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Author Berggren, J. L.
Title Ptolemy's Geography : an annotated translation of the theoretical chapters / J. Lennart Berggren and Alexander Jones.
Publisher Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2000.


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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.)
0691214115 (electronic bk.)
0691010420
9780691010427
0691092591
9780691092591
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Author Berggren, J. L.
Subject Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Geographia.
Cartography -- Greece -- Early works to 1800.
Geography, Ancient.
Géographie.
Cartographie.
Histoire -- 1er siècle.
Grèce.
Geografie.
Alt author Jones, Alexander.
Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Geographia.
Descript 1 online resource (xii, 192 pages) : illustrations, maps
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier 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.)
0691214115 (electronic bk.)
0691010420
9780691010427
0691092591
9780691092591
Author Berggren, J. L.
Subject Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Geographia.
Cartography -- Greece -- Early works to 1800.
Geography, Ancient.
Géographie.
Cartographie.
Histoire -- 1er siècle.
Grèce.
Geografie.
Alt author Jones, Alexander.
Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Geographia.

Subject Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Geographia.
Cartography -- Greece -- Early works to 1800.
Geography, Ancient.
Géographie.
Cartographie.
Histoire -- 1er siècle.
Grèce.
Geografie.
Descript 1 online resource (xii, 192 pages) : illustrations, maps
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier 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.
Alt author Jones, Alexander.
Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Geographia.
ISBN 9780691214115 (electronic bk.)
0691214115 (electronic bk.)
0691010420
9780691010427
0691092591
9780691092591
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