cartography, compiling the geographical knowledge of the 2nd-century Roman Empire. Originally written by Claudius Ptolemy in Greek at Alexandria around...

matters, and even others such as the Geography and the Tetrabiblos have significant references to astronomy. Ptolemy's Mathēmatikē Syntaxis (Greek: Μαθηματικὴ...

system revolutionized European geographical thought, however, and inspired more mathematical treatment of cartography. Ptolemy's work probably originally came...

book by Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy (100 – 170 AD). This work created the so-called "Ptolemaic tradition" of geography, which included "Ptolemaic cartographic...

Publications. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-486-20430-7. Ptolemy; Berggren, J. Lennart; Jones, Alexander (2002-01-15). Ptolemy's Geography: An Annotated Translation of the Theoretical...

Ptolemy X Alexander I (Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Ἀλέξανδρος, Ptolemaĩos Aléxandros) was the Ptolemaic king of Cyprus from 114 BC until 107 BC and of Egypt from...

Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysus (Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Νέος Διόνυσος, romanized: Ptolemaios Neos Dionysos, lit. 'Ptolemy the new Dionysus' c. 117 – 51 BC)...

Ptolemy IV Philopator (Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Φιλοπάτωρ, romanized: Ptolemaĩos Philopátōr; "Ptolemy, lover of his Father"; May/June 244 – July/August 204 BC)...

Image of the Earth (Kitab surat al-ard), in which he used the Geography (Ptolemy) of Ptolemy but improved upon his values for the Mediterranean Sea, Asia...

Ptolemy's map of Ireland is a part of his "first European map" (depicting the British Isles) in the series of maps included in his Geography, which he...

Belgium and Netherlands. In his Geography (AD 150), the Roman geographer Ptolemy provides descriptions of the geography of Germania. Modern scholars have...

Earth can be dated back to ancient geographers such as Ptolemy or Strabo, cultural geography as academic study firstly emerged as an alternative to the...

is a separate country from Serica would be a misconception. In his Geography, Ptolemy wrote of lands in and around the Indian Ocean. He explained that a...

Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon (Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Εὐεργέτης Τρύφων, Ptolemaĩos Euergétēs Tryphōn, "Ptolemy the Benefactor, the Opulent"; c. 184 BC...

Eratosthenes Geography (Ptolemy), Ptolemy's main work besides the Almagest Geography (Strabo), Strabo's 17-volume geographic encyclopedia Geography (journal)...

Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Φιλάδελφος, Ptolemaîos Philádelphos, "Ptolemy, sibling-lover"; 309 – 28 January 246 BC) was the pharaoh...

measuring latitude in terms of the length of the midsummer day. Ptolemy's 2nd-century Geography used the same prime meridian but measured latitude from the...

Brettania ("Great Britain"). In his map of Ireland in his later work, Geography, Ptolemy refers to Ireland as Iouernia and to Great Britain as Albion. These...

of the French school of geopolitics, wrote the principles of human geography. Ptolemy (c. 100 – c. 170) – compiled Greek and Roman knowledge into the book...

BC when Ptolemy returned to Egypt with Roman military assistance. When he died in 51 BC, Cleopatra began reigning alongside her brother Ptolemy XIII, but...

Britains. —Pliny the Elder, Natural History, IV.16 In his 2nd century Geography, Ptolemy uses the name Ἀλουΐων (Alouiōn, "Albion") instead of the Roman name...

earlier maps are believed to be sources, chiefly those based on the Geography (Ptolemy) and the Caveri planisphere and others similar to those of Henricus...

provisions, rest, and trade goods before continuing on. Ptolemy's famous treatise on cartography, Geography, was written around 140 CE, comprising eight books...

2022-01-06. Strabo. "Book V, Chapter 4, Section 2". Geography. Ptolemy (1991). "Book III, Chapter 1". Geography. ISBN 978-0-486-26896-5. Pliny the Elder (1855)...

Koriondoi Brigantes Iwernoi Peoples of Ireland according to Ptolemy's Geography. Ptolemy describes the northern coast of Ireland, from the Northern Promontory...

province is marked above, not the date of conquest. Germania (ca. 100) Geography (Ptolemy) (ca. 140) Laterculus Veronensis (ca. 310) Notitia dignitatum (ca...

Agathodaemon is mentioned in some of the earliest manuscripts of Ptolemy's Geography: Ἐκ τῶν Κλαυδίου Πτολεμαίου Γεογραφικῶν βιβλίων ὄκτο τὴν οἰκουμένην...

Geographia Generalis – Geography textbook by Bernhardus Varenius Geography (Ptolemy) – Treatise on cartography by Claudius Ptolemaeus Geosophy History...

Winter-Verlag Shcheglov, D.A. (2004/2006). "Ptolemy's System of Seven Climata and Eratosthenes' Geography". Geographia Antiqua 13: 21–37. Shcheglov, D...

known about Hipparchus comes from Strabo's Geography and Pliny's Natural History in the first century; Ptolemy's second-century Almagest; and additional...