{"product_id":"ptolemys-geography-9780691092591","title":"Ptolemys Geography","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers a translation of the \"Geography\" and provides an introduction, which treats the historical and technical background of Ptolemy's work, the contents of the \"Geography\", and the later history of the work. This work also includes color reproductions of maps from manuscripts and early printed editions of the text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A superlative new translation... In Berggren and Jones [Ptolemy] has, at long last, found his ideal exponents.\"--Peter Green, London Review of Books \"Arguably, [Ptolemy's Geography] has been the most lastingly influential of all works in the earth sciences... This is a most useful volume, destined to be a primary source for classical scholars as well as for historians of science.\"--William A.S. Sarjeant, Earth Sciences History \"By allowing us to hear in English the voice of one who was both the chief cartographer of the Greek world and the inspiration for the fifteenth-century cartographic revolution, Berggren and Jones have masterfully met a long-felt need.\"--Robert W. Karrow, Jr., Technology and Culture \"Until now there has been no reliable translation of the Geography in English. Berggren and Jones have triumphantly filled that lack for the crucial portion of the work, the portion in which Ptolemy speaks as scientific geographer.\"--Lionel Casson, Classical Bulletin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations ix  Preface xi  Note on Citations of Classical Authors xiii  Introduction 3  What Ptolemy Expected His Reader to Know 5  The Place of the Geography in Ptolemy's Work 17  Ptolemy's Evolving Conception of the World 20  Marinos and Other Sources 23  Ptolemy's Map Projections and Coordinate Lists 31  The Manuscripts of the Geography 41  The Maps in the Manuscripts 45  Early Readers and Translators 50  Modern Editions and Translations of the Geography 52  Our Translation 53  Ptolemy, Guide to Drawing a Map of the World  Book 1 57  Book 2 94  Book 7 108  Book 8 118  Plates and Maps  Notes on the Plates and Maps 125  Plates 1-7 following p. 128  Maps 1-8 129  Appendices   Appendix A: The Journeys of Flaccus and Maternus to the Aithiopians 145  Appendix B: Marinos' Calculation of the Latitude of Cape Prason 148  Appendix C: The Trade Route across Central Asia 150  Appendix D: The Breadth of the Mediterranean According to Marinos and Ptolemy 153  Appendix E: The Sail to Kattigara 155  Appendix F: The Miscellaneous Criticisms of Marinos' Data 157  Appendix G: Textual Notes 163  Appendix H: Geographical Index 168  Bibliography 183  Index 189","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49526154002775,"sku":"9780691092591","price":46.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691092591.jpg?v=1731863155","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ptolemys-geography-9780691092591","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}