This contribution tries to understand how Ptolemy was able to apply the procedures he presents in the prolegomena of his Geography to the construction of the picture of the Iberian peninsula. Through the study of some examples, we will demonstrate that far from the image of astronomical calculation champion which was cast upon him in the Renaissance, the Alexandrian scholar wagered on methods quite ordinary in ancient geography. He relied on the alliance of the most sophisticated knowledge and the most eclectic of methods, occasionally even consciously rough and approximate.
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