Ptolemy's Geography [electronic resource] : an annotated translation of the theoretical chapters

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자료유형	e-Book
서명/저자사항	Ptolemy's Geography [electronic resource]: an annotated translation of the theoretical chapters / J. Lennart Berggren and Alexander Jones.
개인저자	Berggren, J. L.  Jones, Alexander.  Ptolemy, active 2nd century.
발행사항	Princeton: Princeton University Press, 짤2000.
형태사항	1 online resource (xii, 192 pages) : illustrations, maps.
기타형태 저록	Print version: Berggren, J. L. Ptolemy's Geography. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 짤2000 0691010420
ISBN	9780691214115 0691214115
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188).
내용주기	Introduction. What Ptolemy expected his reader to know ; The place of the Geography in Ptolemy's work ; Ptolemy's evolving conception of the world ; Marinos and other sources ; Ptolemy's map projections and coordinate lists ; The manuscripts of the Geography ; The maps in the manuscripts ; Early readers and translators ; Modern editions and translations of the Geography ; Our translation -- Ptolemy, Guide to drawing a map of the world. Book 1; Book 2 ; Book 7 ; Book 8 -- Plates and maps -- Appendices. Appendix A : the journeys of Flaccus and Maternus to the Aithiopians ; Appendix B : Marinos' calculation of the latitude of Cape Prason ; Appendix C: the trade route across central Asia ; Appendix D : the breadth of the Mediterranean according to Marinos and Ptolemy ; Appendix E : the sail to Kattigara ; Appendix F : The miscellaneous criticisms of Marinos' data ; Appendix G : textual notes ; Appendix H : geographical index.
요약	"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 A.D., 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 important, 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." "Historians of science, classicists, and anyone who enjoys beautiful maps or map making will find this work an indispensable addition to their library."--Jacket.
주제명(개인명)	Ptolemy, -- Geographia.active 2nd century. -- Ptole?me?e, -- Geographica.e?poque 2e sie?cle. -- Ptolemaeus, Claudius100-178 -- gnd Ptole?me?e, Claude (0090?-0168?). -- Geographia.ram Ptolemaeus, Claudius.swd
주제명 (통일서명)	Geographia (Ptolemy) --fast Geographia. --swd
주제명(지명)	Greece (Ancient) --[literature] --Cartography - theory --2000. --blmlsh Greece. --fast Griechenland --gnd
일반주제명	Cartography --Greece --Early works to 1800. Geography, Ancient. Ge?ographie. Cartographie. Histoire --1er sie?cle. Gre?ce. Geografie. Cartographie --Gre?ce --Ouvrages avant 1800. Ge?ographie ancienne. Cartography. Geography, Ancient. Geschichte Kartografie Quelle Geografie. Ge?ographie antique. Cartographie --Gre?ce --2e sie?cle. SCIENCE / History
분류기호(DDC)	526.0938
언어	영어
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