Ptolemy - Geographer, Astronomer, Mathematician

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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

Ptolemy, Accomplishments, Biography, & Facts

ICRAR - Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek astronomer, mathematician, and geographer. His book, the Almagest, defined the geocentric model of the solar system for centuries, containing detailed calculations that used epicycles to

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