Geographia (Ptolemy)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:book
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Geography
gptkb:Cosmographia
gptkbp:author gptkb:Claudius_Ptolemy
gptkbp:basisFor medieval and Renaissance maps
gptkbp:contains maps
place
gptkbp:describes known world of Roman Empire
gptkbp:dividedInto eight books
gptkbp:firstPrintedEditionLocation gptkb:Bologna
gptkbp:firstPublished 1477
gptkbp:genre scientific literature
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Geographia (Ptolemy)
gptkbp:influenced cartography
Renaissance geography
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Marinus_of_Tyre
gptkbp:notableFor coordinate system
systematic mapping of the world
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:preservedIn Byzantine manuscripts
gptkbp:significance major source of ancient geographical knowledge
gptkbp:subject geography
gptkbp:survivesIn various Latin translations
gptkbp:uses latitude and longitude
gptkbp:writtenBy 2nd century
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Novantae
gptkb:Creones
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7