A bibliography of printed editions of Ptolemy's Geography from 1482 to 1730, originally issued by Henry Stevens in 1908.
| Title | : | Ptolemy's geography: a brief account of all the printed editions down to 1730, with notes on some important variations observed in that of Ulm 1482, including the recent discovery of the earliest printed map of the world yet known on modern geographical c |
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Σύρον ἀποτελεσματικά, 1 “the prognostics addressed to syrus,” in which certain of them substitute the similar but less common word συμπερασματικά for ἀποτελεσματικά. 2 the book is a systematic treatise on astrology, but it should be remembered that in ptolemy’s time the two words ἀστρολογία and ἀστρονομία meant much.
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” after the roman empire fell, ptolemy's realistic geography was lost to the west for almost a thousand years.
The article pursues three goals: (1) to clarify the relations between ptolemy’s geography and the work of his immediate predecessor marinus of tyre, (2) to reconstruct the rough framework underlying ptolemy’s map (at least preliminarily), (3) to detect traces of transformations which his map underwent at early stages of its development.
Claudius ptolemaeus (circa 100–circa 170), known as ptolemy, was an astronomer, mathematician, and geographer of greek.
Bekker-nielsen a new edition of ptolemy’s geography for students of historical geography, an up-to-date edition of the η υ η ήσ ς (henceforth: geography) of the alexandrian astronomer and geographer klaudios ptolemaios (henceforth: ptolemy) has long been a desideratum.
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19–23) consists of a directory to the following eleven chapters and a short bibliography. Each of these eleven chapters starts with a brief account of the geographical region in question, focusing on its historical development up to ptolemy’s time, and is then divided into three sections.
The mathematical compilation (or syntaxis mathematica in greek) is by far the most important work by ptolemy, where he lays out the math behind his understanding of the universe.
With these discussions, it has become clear that tables were a crucial feature of ptolemy's account of the celestial motions. Tables, in conjunction with the other parts of the table nexus, allow us to visualize the inner, and fundamental, regularity, of what are only apparently irregular motions.
Ptolemy was an alexandrian greek and his geography dates to the mid second century ad: it contains coordinates from which it is possible to make maps of the entire known world at that time, including data representing the earliest surviving reasonably accurate survey of the british isles.
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Excerpt from ptolemy's geography: a brief account of all the printed editions down to 1730, with notes on some important variations observed in that of ulm 1482 it is said by most authorities that both the index and treatise had already been added (in a different and earlier impression than that of 1486) to some copies of the 1482 edition, but i have not as yet succeeded in finding a copy containing them.
The word for earth in greek is geo, so we call this idea a geocentric theory.
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Give a brief account of koeppen's classification of the world climates. ( uppsc / uppcs, 2019, 15 marks) संसार की जलवायु का कोपेन द्वारा वर्गीकरण का संक्षिप्त विवरण दीजिये।.
(3) ptolemy, the father of lysimachus (apocrypha) (additions to esther 11:1). (4) ptolemy, son of a dositheus; he and his father were bearers of the epistle of phrurai (additions to esther 11:1). Mahaffy, empire of the ptolemies, is the best account for english readers.
Ptolemy was a greco-roman geographer whose work geographia, written about ad 150, described and compiled all of the knowledge about the world’s geography in the roman empire of the 2nd century. In the 15th century, his work was rediscovered and translated into latin from the original greek.
9 sep 2018 the geographia comprises two parts: book 1, a discussion of the data and of the methods used; and books 2–5, an atlas.
Instead, tapobrane comes from classical greek and roman geography, specifically ptolemy’s geographia. Geographia was a popular text in bracciolini’s day, the full text having been translated into latin as recently as 1406. It’s hardly surprising that bracciolini took some toponyms from it and imposed them on conti’s account.
Kish provides a sense of the discovery with such finds as the ambassador's report to the caliph of baghdad on the lands and customs of the norsemen, the study of the tartar empire by john of monte corvino, archbishop of peking, and jefferson's private memo to alexander von humboldt seeking information on the american west.
1254–january 8, 1324) was a venetian merchant and explorer who followed in the footsteps of his father and uncle. His writings about china and the mongol empire in the travels of marco polo had a significant impact on european beliefs about and behavior toward the east and inspired the travels of christopher columbus.
Before ptolemy; ptolemy's geography 2016 museo galileo - institute and museum of the history of science piazza dei giudici 1 50122 florence italy.
One of those ancient, or classical, intellectuals was ptolemy, a greek-egyptian mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet who lived from.
30 nov 2011 in his work geographia, written about ad 150, ptolemy described and compiled all knowledge about the world's geography in the roman.
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. Lennart berggren and alexander jones, in ptolemy's geography: an annotated translation of the theoretical chapters (2001).
The great polymath claudius ptolemy composed a treaty in the 2nd century on geography that lost none of its value through the high middle.
After a brief historiographical presentation of human geography, space and place, this article outlines ten past and present articles that, in some way, approach space, place and scale in their study. The articles were published from 1954 to 2014, though all but two appeared after 1980, reflecting the linguistic and spatial turns.
It is on this account that we have deferred specific mention of hipparchus, as an the writings of ptolemy (independently of the work on geography, which will be noted this is a brief statement of the principal hypotheses employed.
Ptolemy's geography, the only book on cartography to have survived from the classical period, is one of the most influential scientific works of all time. 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.
Even before ptolemy's geography had been rediscovered, bacon attempted to sketch a map, determining mathematically the positions of places, and using ptolemy's almagest, the descriptions of alfraganus, and the alphonsine tables. Peschel pronounces this to be the greatest achievement of the scholastics.
Give a brief account of the condition and characteristics of the retreating monsoons. _____ answer:-this is the transaction period during the month of october and november. With the apparent movement of the sun towards the south, the low pressure trough over the northern plains become weaker.
Geography (ptolemy) the geography (γεωγραφικὴ ὑφήγησις, geōgraphikḕ hyphḗgēsis, 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.
Muslim cartographers were using copies of ptolemy's almagest and geography by the 9th century. At that time, in the court of the caliph al-maʾmūm, al-khwārazmī compiled his book of the depiction of the earth which mimicked the geography in providing the coordinates for 545 cities and regional maps of the nile, the island of the jewel, the sea of darkness, and the sea of azov.
Ever since i was an undergraduate (and attempted to write a “mental geography” of roman britain for my dissertation), i have been interested in claudius ptolemy’s geography. Ptolemy was an alexandrian greek and his geography dates to the mid second century ad: it contains coordinates from which it is possible to make maps of the entire.
Claudius ptolemy was a mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, the first part of the geography is a discussion of the data and of the methods he used.
Ptolemy's geography: a brief account of all the printed editions down to 1730, with notes on some important variations observed in that of ulm 1482, including the recent discovery of the earliest printed map of the world yet known on modern geographical conceptions in which some attempt was made to depart from ancient tradition.
Ptolemy wrote his major work guide to geography, in eight books, which attempted to map the known world giving coordinates of the major places in terms of what are essentially latitude and longitude.
Ptolemy's geography: an annotated translation of the theoretical chapters of ptolemy's work, the contents of the geography, and the later history of the work.
Ptolemy's work is the main foundation of our geographical know- a report of fischer's results, together with new observations, is given by such facts we thought it allowable to publish a short.
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The ptolemaic system is a geocentric cosmology; that is, it starts by assuming that earth is stationary and at the centre of the universe. The “natural” expectation for ancient societies was that the heavenly bodies (sun, moon, planets, and stars) must travel in uniform motion along the most “perfect” path possible, a circle.
Ptolemy's geography: a brief account of all the printed editions down to 1730, with notes on some important variations observed in that of ulm 1482, map of the world yet known on modern paperback – april 8, 2012 by henry newton stevens (author), edward everett ayer (creator).
Greek philosopher claudius ptolemy believed that the sun, planets and stars all revolved around the earth. This belief gave way to the ancient greek theory of a geocentric or ptolemaic model of the universe. Geocentric refers to the belief that the earth is the center of the universe.
19 nov 2015 that description of great britain, which he called albion, is part of a location coordinates in ptolemy's geographic reference system, which differs from the modern [15] and is therefore dealt with only briefly.
A brief account of tabular, statistical as well as cartographic presentation of data is discussed below. Tabular presentation: it is used for summarization of data in its micro form. It helps in the analysis of trends, relationship, and other characteristics of a given data.
Sebastian münster's cosmographia universalis (first published in 1544 but hugely revised for the more famous 1550 edition) is the subject of margaret small's probing essay, which compares the influence of ptolemy's mathematical approach with the descriptive, noncartographic form of geography posited by another ancient author, strabo.
In spite of such scant personal knowledge, claudius ptolemy's writings have had a greater influence on cartography, and on geography in general, than that of any other single figure in history. While ptolemy is most frequently associated with geography and cartography, he also wrote important works in a number of other fields including.
Discussions within geography of the history of the concepts of “space” and “place” are often whiggish rehearsals of perceived mistakes and misapprehensions; there is little sense that earlier understandings of the concepts have anything important to offer the contemporary geographer.
Ptolemy described the geography of central asia on either side of the imaus (altai) mountains meticulously. He gave an account of tribes like abii, alani, hippophagi and issedones. He possessed some definite information concerning the country that adjoined scythia on the east (known to the greeks as sericasi) or the land of seres (china).
Claudius ptolemy (roughly ad 90–168) presents us the oldest surviving account of ireland in the form of a set of coordinates.
Incorporates ptolemy's own history of alexander into the account and assesses its veracity, including new arguments for when and why ptolemy wrote it removes ptolemy from being a peripheral figure in alexander's campaign and even in the wars of the successors, and sets him center stage in the history of his times.
Ptolemy's system of geography is founded upon the works of marinus of tyre; many errors stem from his underestimation of the earth's circumference. His mathematical theories, most valuable in the field of trigonometry, are preserved in his analemma and planisphaerium.
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