Overcoming Ptolemy Overcoming Ptolemy
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Overcoming Ptolemy

The Revelation of an Asian World Region

Geoffrey C. Gunn
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Publisher Description

This book explores the effects that the Ptolemaic template developed by Claudius Ptolemy almost two thousand years ago had on the cartography and worldview of Europe through and beyond the age of European discovery. It shows how this template was refined and ultimately overcome.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2018
October 15
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
324
Pages
PUBLISHER
Lexington Books
SELLER
The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
SIZE
9.4
MB

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