Geographica
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Geographica is an extensive ancient geographical treatise, traditionally attributed to Strabo, that systematically describes the known world of the Greco-Roman era.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Geographica canonical | 6 |
| Geographica by Strabo | 3 |
| Geographica (Strabo) | 1 |
| Geographika | 1 |
| Strabo’s Geographica | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4943826 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geographica Context triple: [Augustan age, hasMainWork, Geographica]
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A.
Geographia
Geographia is an influential ancient geographical treatise by Claudius Ptolemy that systematically mapped the known world and shaped cartography for centuries.
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B.
Synonymia Geographica
Synonymia Geographica is a scholarly work by cartographer Abraham Ortelius that systematically compares and correlates ancient and contemporary geographical place names.
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C.
The Geographer
The Geographer is a 1669–1670 oil painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a contemplative scholar studying maps and instruments in a light-filled interior.
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D.
The Keys of Marinus
The Keys of Marinus is a 1964 six-part serial from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, written by Terry Nation and featuring the First Doctor on a quest across an alien world to recover powerful micro-keys.
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E.
Ortelius’s Parergon
Ortelius’s Parergon is a celebrated series of historical and thematic maps by Abraham Ortelius, often published as a supplement to his pioneering world atlas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geographica Target entity description: Geographica is an extensive ancient geographical treatise, traditionally attributed to Strabo, that systematically describes the known world of the Greco-Roman era.
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A.
Geographia
Geographia is an influential ancient geographical treatise by Claudius Ptolemy that systematically mapped the known world and shaped cartography for centuries.
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B.
Synonymia Geographica
Synonymia Geographica is a scholarly work by cartographer Abraham Ortelius that systematically compares and correlates ancient and contemporary geographical place names.
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C.
The Geographer
The Geographer is a 1669–1670 oil painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a contemplative scholar studying maps and instruments in a light-filled interior.
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D.
The Keys of Marinus
The Keys of Marinus is a 1964 six-part serial from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, written by Terry Nation and featuring the First Doctor on a quest across an alien world to recover powerful micro-keys.
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E.
Ortelius’s Parergon
Ortelius’s Parergon is a celebrated series of historical and thematic maps by Abraham Ortelius, often published as a supplement to his pioneering world atlas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient geographical treatise
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ |
| author | Strabo ⓘ |
| contains |
descriptions of cities
ⓘ
descriptions of regions ⓘ ethnographic information ⓘ historical information ⓘ political geography ⓘ topographical descriptions ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Greco-Roman world
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancient Mediterranean world
|
| describes | known world of the Greco-Roman era ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ Mediterranean region ⓘ
linked to:
Mediterranean Basin
|
| genre |
chorography
ⓘ
geography ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important source for ancient ethnography
ⓘ
key text for understanding Roman imperial world-view ⓘ major source for ancient geography ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance geography
ⓘ
early modern cartography ⓘ later ancient geography ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| originallyDividedInto | multiple books ⓘ |
| periodDescribed |
Hellenistic period
ⓘ
early Roman Empire ⓘ |
| subject |
human geography
ⓘ
physical geography ⓘ regional description ⓘ |
| survivesAs | nearly complete text ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition |
1st century BCE
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1st century CE ⓘ |
| traditionalAttribution | Strabo ⓘ |
| usesSources |
Eratosthenes
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Hipparchus ⓘ Polybius ⓘ earlier Greek geographers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Geographica Description of subject: Geographica is an extensive ancient geographical treatise, traditionally attributed to Strabo, that systematically describes the known world of the Greco-Roman era.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Geographica
linked to: Geographica
linked to: Geographica
linked to: Geographica
linked to: Geographica
linked to: Geographica