Ptolemy's Geography

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:book
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Geographia
gptkb:Cosmographia
gptkbp:author gptkb:Claudius_Ptolemy
gptkbp:basisFor medieval maps
early modern atlases
gptkbp:contains maps
place
gptkbp:dateWritten 2nd century
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Renaissance
gptkbp:firstPublished 1477
gptkbp:genre geography
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ptolemy's Geography
gptkbp:includes instructions for mapmaking
lists of cities and coordinates
gptkbp:influenced cartography
Renaissance geography
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Marinus_of_Tyre
gptkbp:notableFor influence on later mapmaking
systematic use of latitude and longitude
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:preservedIn Byzantine
gptkbp:regionDescribed gptkb:Roman_Empire
gptkb:known_world_(Ecumene)
gptkbp:structure eight books
gptkbp:subject map projections
world geography
mathematical geography
coordinates of places
gptkbp:survivesIn manuscripts
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:topographic_map
gptkb:Claudius_Ptolemy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5