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Ptolemy · E. L. Stevenson
Translated by Edward Luther Stevenson, 1932. Book One contains Ptolemy’s theoretical treatise on scientific cartography; Books Two to Seven, a gazetteer of some 8,000 place coordinates, are not included in this reader edition. Claudius Ptolemy (CA. 90 — 168 A.D.) holds a place among the foremost of those who have made contributions to the science of geography. It is not a little surprising that there has never appeared a complete English, German, or French translation of his work in this field, often as his name is to be met with in the literature which treats of the expansion of geographical knowledge and the cartographical records of the same. In his Introduction Professor Fischer has called attention to the lack of a thoroughly satisfactory edition of Ptolemy’s Geography, and in the preparation of this translation based upon the generally recognized best Latin and Greek texts, and, …
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