Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek mathematician, ... Much of medieval astronomy and geography were built on his ideas: his world map, published as part of his treatise Geography in the 2nd century, ...

A famous Greek astronomer and cartographer, Ptolemy's map of Ireland is incredibly accurate even though it was penned way back in 140AD. A map created by Greek astronomer and cartographer Claudius ...

Throughout the centuries, the mythical Stone Tower has been a fascinating enigma for geographers, historians, and archaeologists worldwide. This location is mentioned in Claudius Ptolemy’s Geography ...

Finding Ptolemy Ptolemy, who was born in 100 CE, was a renowned astronomer and mathematician who authored several important works, including Almagest and Geography .

It is referenced in several ancient texts, including Ptolemy's own book on mapmaking, the Geography. However, details of its structure and operation were lacking, until now.

Claudius Ptolemy (150 AD) map drawn from Ptolemy's coordinates for a 1482 edition of his Geographia (The Ulm Edition, Leinhard Holle) ...

The first great attempt to make mapping realistic came in the second century A.D. with Claudius Ptolemy. ... Ptolemy’s realistic geography was lost to the West for almost a thousand years.

This representation from Ptolemy's Geography shows "Sinae" (China) at the extreme right, beyond the island of "Taprobane" (Ceylon or Sri Lanka, ... Claudius Ptolemy’s remarkably comprehensive ...

JW McCrindle, while translating sections of Geographia for his text Ancient India as Described by Ptolemy, described him as “a Mathematician, a Musician, an Astronomer and a Geographer ...

Researchers have deciphered an ancient manuscript that they think Claudius Ptolemy, an Egyptian mathematician and astronomer of Greek descent, penned during the first century A.D. Written in Greek ...