TY - BOOK ID - 67689808 TI - Ptolemy's Geography : An Annotated Translation of the Theoretical Chapters AU - Ptolemaais, Klaudios AU - Berggren, J. Lennart. AU - Jones, Alexander. PY - 2000 SN - 0691092591 0691214115 PB - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Cartography KW - Geography, Ancient. KW - Ptolemy, KW - Ancient geography KW - Geography KW - Cartography, Primitive KW - Chartography KW - Map-making KW - Mapmaking KW - Mapping (Cartography) KW - Mathematical geography KW - Surveying KW - Map projection KW - Maps KW - Agrippa. KW - Aristotle. KW - Babylon. KW - Baetis. KW - Baktra. KW - Canopus. KW - Carthage. KW - Diller. KW - Diogenes. KW - Dioskoros. KW - Ekbatana. KW - Erasmus. KW - Ganges. KW - Hebrides. KW - Heron. KW - Imaos. KW - Issos. KW - Julius Maternus. KW - Kouroula. KW - Londinium. KW - Madaba mosaic. KW - Marcianus. KW - Nasamones. KW - Nobbe. KW - Pachynus. KW - Pappus. KW - Ravenna. KW - Rome. KW - Seleucia. KW - Tacitus. KW - Theophilos. KW - Werner. KW - Zeugma. KW - graticule. KW - horizon. KW - league. KW - optics. KW - parasang. KW - precession. KW - satrapies. KW - zodiac. KW - Kartografi KW - Geografi KW - Cartography. KW - Greece. KW - al-Yūnān KW - Ancient Greece KW - Ellada KW - Ellas KW - Ellēnikē Dēmokratia KW - Elliniki Dimokratia KW - Grčija KW - Grèce KW - Grecia KW - Gret︠s︡ii︠a︡ KW - Griechenland KW - Hellada KW - Hellas KW - Hellenic Republic KW - Hellēnikē Dēmokratia KW - Kingdom of Greece KW - République hellénique KW - Royaume de Grèce KW - Vasileion tēs Hellados KW - Xila KW - Yaṿan KW - Yūnān KW - Ελληνική Δημοκρατία KW - Ελλάς KW - Ελλάδα KW - Греция KW - اليونان KW - يونان KW - 希腊 KW - Gret͡sii͡ UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:67689808 AB - Ptolemy's Geography is the only book on cartography to have survived from the classical period and one of the most influential scientific works of all time. Written in the second century AD, for more than fifteen centuries it was the most detailed topography of Europe and Asia available and the best reference on how to gather data and draw maps. Ptolemy championed the use of astronomical observation and applied mathematics in determining geographical locations. But more importantly, he introduced the practice of writing down coordinates of latitude and longitude for every feature drawn on a world map, so that someone else possessing only the text of the Geography could reproduce Ptolemy's map at any time, in whole or in part, at any scale. Here Berggren and Jones render an exemplary translation of the Geography and provide a thorough introduction, which treats the historical and technical background of Ptolemy's work, the contents of the Geography, and the later history of the work. ER -