Eratosthenes' Geography

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient Greek treatise
gptkbp:author gptkb:Eratosthenes
gptkbp:contains description of the known world
division of the world into climatic zones
estimation of Earth's circumference
gptkbp:dateWritten 3rd century BCE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Eratosthenes' Geography
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Ptolemy
gptkb:Strabo
gptkbp:knownFor later quotations and summaries
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:notableFor first use of the term 'geography'
systematic measurement of the Earth
gptkbp:status office
gptkbp:subject geography
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Duane_H._D._Roller
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6