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Geography (Ptolemy)

The Geography (Ancient Greek: Γεωγραφικὴ Ὑφήγησις, Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis, lit. "Geographical Guidance"), also known by its Latin names as the Geographia and the Cosmographia, is a gazetteer, an atlas, and a treatise on cartography, compiling the geographical knowledge of the 2nd-century Roman Empire. Originally written by Claudius Ptolemy in Greek in…

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Author
Ptolemy
Genre
Geography
Publication date
c. 150s A.D.
Followed by
Table of Noteworthy Cities
Language
Ancient Greek
Media type
Manuscript

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Geography (Ptolemy)

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Author · 1
Geography (Ptolemy) → Ptolemy
Followed by · 1
Geography (Ptolemy) → Table of Noteworthy Cities
Genre · 1
Geography (Ptolemy) → Geography
Language · 1
Geography (Ptolemy) → Ancient Greek
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Geography (Ptolemy) → Manuscript
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Geography (Ptolemy) → Γεωγραφικὴ Ὑφήγησις
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Geography (Ptolemy) → Almagest
Publication date · 1
Geography (Ptolemy) → c. 150s A.D.

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Geography (Ptolemy)AuthorPtolemy1.00infobox
Geography (Ptolemy)Followed byTable of Noteworthy Cities1.00infobox
Geography (Ptolemy)GenreGeography1.00infobox
Geography (Ptolemy)LanguageAncient Greek1.00infobox
Geography (Ptolemy)Media typeManuscript1.00infobox
Geography (Ptolemy)Original titleΓεωγραφικὴ Ὑφήγησις1.00infobox
Geography (Ptolemy)Preceded byAlmagest1.00infobox
Geography (Ptolemy)Publication datec. 150s A.D.1.00infobox
the Table of Noteworthy Cities have been found with the earliestinstance ofHowever fragmentary papyri of later somewhat derivative works0.80text
Rylands Library GP 522instance ofHowever fragmentary papyri of later somewhat derivative works0.80text
dating to the early 3rd centuryinstance ofHowever fragmentary papyri of later somewhat derivative works0.80text
Straboinstance ofByzantine scholars continued these geographical traditions throughout the Medieval period.Whereas previous Greco-Roman geographers0.80text

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