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Overcoming Ptolemy: The Revelation of an Asian World Region - AsiaWorld
Geoffrey C. Gunn
Overcoming Ptolemy: The Revelation of an Asian World Region - AsiaWorld
Geoffrey C. Gunn
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.
324 pages, 21 Illustrations, black and white
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | October 15, 2018 |
ISBN13 | 9781498590136 |
Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
Pages | 324 |
Dimensions | 159 × 232 × 27 mm · 703 g |
Language | English |
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