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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Ray → mentionedIn → Ptolemy’s Geography ⓘ
Epiphania → mentionedInWork → Ptolemy’s Geography ⓘ
Universalis Cosmographia → influencedBy → Ptolemaic geography ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemy’s Geography
1507 world map → inspiredBy → Ptolemaic geography ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemy’s Geography
Lingones → knownFromSource → Ptolemy’s Geographia ⓘ
subject linked to: Lingones (ancient Gallic tribe)
linked to: Ptolemy’s Geography
The Book of Roger → influencedBy → Ptolemaic geography ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemy’s Geography
Kitab Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq → influencedBy → Ptolemaic geography ⓘ
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Sarmatia → mentionedIn → Ptolemy's Geography ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemy’s Geography
Catuvellauni → mentionedIn → Ptolemy's Geography ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemy’s Geography
Trinovantes → mentionedIn → Ptolemy's Geographia ⓘ
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Brigantes → mentionedIn → Ptolemy's Geography ⓘ
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Renaissance geographers → usedSources → Ptolemy's Geography ⓘ
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Tanais → appearsIn → Ptolemy’s Geography ⓘ
Korkai → mentionedIn → Ptolemy's Geographia ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemy’s Geography
Rutheni → presentIn → Ptolemy’s Geographia ⓘ
subject linked to: Rutheni (ancient Ruteni people)
linked to: Ptolemy’s Geography
Atrebates → knownFrom → Ptolemy’s Geographia ⓘ
subject linked to: Atrebates tribe
linked to: Ptolemy’s Geography
Pāṇṭiya kingdom → mentionedIn → Ptolemy’s Geography ⓘ
Pandya country → mentionedIn → Ptolemy’s Geography ⓘ
Dobunni → knownFrom → Ptolemy's Geography ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemy’s Geography
Marinus of Tyre → inferredFrom → Ptolemy’s Geography ⓘ
Lugii → attestedIn → Geographia by Ptolemy ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemy’s Geography
Corieltauvi → knownFrom → Ptolemy's Geography ⓘ
subject linked to: Corieltauvi tribe
linked to: Ptolemy’s Geography
Barygaza → knownFromSource → Ptolemy’s Geography ⓘ
Demetae → mentionedIn → Ptolemy’s Geographia ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemy’s Geography