Article ID: CBB414082075

The Cartographers of the Taurus Line: the Bematists, Dicaearchus and Eratosthenes (2012)

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This article focuses on to the work performed by the Bematists (specialists in ancient Greece who were trained to measure distances by counting their steps), Dicaearchus of Messana (350-285 BC), and Eratosthenes of Cyrene (276-195 BC), and on their contribution to geography and cartography.

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Authors & Contributors
Prontera, Francesco
Hoz, María Paz de
Seubert, Philippe
Laurent Bricault
Guichard, Luis Arturo
Bianchetti, Serena
Journals
Geographia antiqua
Technai, An International Journal for Ancient Science and Technology
Publishers
Peter Lang
Concepts
Geography
Roman Empire
Cartography
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge
Cartographers
Science and literature
People
Eratosthenes of Cyrene
Ptolemy, Claudius
Strabo
Mercator, Gerardus
Galen
Empedocles of Agrigentum
Time Periods
Ancient
2nd century
Renaissance
Medieval
6th century
16th century
Places
Mediterranean region
Hellenistic world
Egypt
Alexandria (Egypt)
Europe
Persian Gulf
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