Ptolemy - Geographer, Astronomer, Mathematician

Ptolemy - Geographer, Astronomer, Mathematician: Ptolemy’s fame as a geographer is hardly less than his fame as an astronomer. Geōgraphikē hyphēgēsis (Guide to Geography) provided all the information and techniques required to draw maps of the portion of the world known by Ptolemy’s contemporaries. By his own admission, Ptolemy did not attempt to collect and sift all the geographical data on which his maps were based. Instead, he based them on the maps and writings of Marinus of Tyre (c. 100 ce), only selectively introducing more current information, chiefly concerning the Asian and African coasts of the Indian Ocean. Nothing would be known about Marinus

Biography & Theories of Claudius Ptolemy, ancient Greco-Roman astronomer, mathematician & Geographer

Claudius Ptolemy (100-170 AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music em 2023

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PTOLEMY, Claudius Ptolemaeus ( c. AD 100 - c. AD 170). Egyptian astronomer, mathematician and geographer. 'Almagest'. Fo. 33 v. Copy of the Latin translation by Gerardo de Cremona, executed after the version that the Arabs carried out on the Greek

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Ptolemy (2Nd Century A.D.). /Nclaudius Ptolemaeus. Alexandrian Astronomer, Mathematician And Geographer. Woodcut From Reusner'S 'Icones,' Basle

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