Geography of Eratosthenes

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient Greek treatise
gptkbp:author gptkb:Eratosthenes
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Alexandria
gptkbp:dateWritten 3rd century BCE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Geography of Eratosthenes
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Ptolemy
gptkb:Strabo
gptkbp:knownFor fragments
citations by later authors
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:notableFor measurement of Earth's circumference
introduction of latitude and longitude
first systematic geography
gptkbp:numberOfBooks 3
gptkbp:status office
gptkbp:subject geography
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Macedonian_Egypt
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6