Ptolemy’s Geography

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Ptolemy’s Geography is a 2nd-century CE cartographic and geographical treatise by Claudius Ptolemy that systematically mapped the known world using a coordinate-based system.

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instanceOf ancient Greek scientific text
cartographic work
geographical treatise
assumes geocentric cosmology
spherical Earth
author Claudius Ptolemy
linked to: Claudius Ptolemaeus
basedOn earlier Greek and Roman geographical knowledge
bookCount 8
contains regional maps
world map
countryOfOrigin Roman Empire
dateOfWork 2nd century CE
describes known world of the 2nd century CE
field astronomical geography
mathematical geography
firstPrintedEdition 15th century
geographicalScope Africa
Asia
Europe
oikoumene (inhabited world)
historicalPeriod Hellenistic scientific tradition
impact standard reference for world maps for several centuries
includes catalogue of places with coordinates
discussion of map projections
instructions for drawing maps
influenced Renaissance cartography
early modern European mapmaking
medieval Islamic geography
influencedBy Marinus of Tyre
introducedTo Western Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries
languageOfWork Ancient Greek
mainSubject cartography
coordinate systems
geography
map projections
measurementUnit degrees of arc
methodologicalFeature mathematical treatment of mapmaking
use of a grid of parallels and meridians
notableFor systematic coordinate-based mapping of the world
preservation survives in medieval manuscript copies
proposes different map projections for the oikoumene
provides latitudes measured from the equator
longitudes measured from a prime meridian west of the Canary Islands
rediscoveredIn Byzantine Empire
relatedWork Almagest
structure eight books
titleAlternative Geographia
Geography
uses latitude and longitude coordinates

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Lingones knownFromSource Ptolemy’s Geographia
subject linked to: Lingones (ancient Gallic tribe)
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Rutheni presentIn Ptolemy’s Geographia
subject linked to: Rutheni (ancient Ruteni people)
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subject linked to: Atrebates tribe
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Pāṇṭiya kingdom mentionedIn Ptolemy’s Geography
Pandya country mentionedIn Ptolemy’s Geography
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Corieltauvi knownFrom Ptolemy's Geography
subject linked to: Corieltauvi tribe
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