عنوان

Ptolemy's Geography :

شابک

0691010420 (alk. paper)

شابک

0691092591

شابک

9780691010427 (alk. paper)

شابک

9780691092591

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Ptolemy's Geography :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

an annotated translation of the theoretical chapters /

نام نخستين پديدآور

J. Lennart Berggren and Alexander Jones.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Princeton :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Princeton University Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2000.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xii, 192 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations, maps ;

ابعاد

26 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188).

متن يادداشت

"Ptolemy's Geography is the only book on cartography to have survived from the classical period and one of the most influential scientific works of all time. Written in the second century A.D., for more than fifteen centuries it was the most detailed topography of Europe and Asia available and the best reference on how to gather data and draw maps. Ptolemy championed the use of astronomical observation and applied mathematics in determining geographical locations. But more important, he introduced the practice of writing down coordinates of latitude and longitude for every feature drawn on a world map, so that someone else possessing only the text of the Geography could reproduce Ptolemy's map at any time, in whole or in part, at any scale." "Historians of science, classicists, and anyone who enjoys beautiful maps or map making will find this work an indispensable addition to their library."--Jacket.

موضوع مستند نشده

Ptolemy,active 2nd century., Geographia.

موضوع مستند نشده

Cartography-- Greece, Early works to 1800.

موضوع مستند نشده

Geography, Ancient.

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Berggren, J. L.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Jones, Alexander.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Ptolemy,active 2nd century.

تاريخ عمليات

20140220043941.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y