Article ID: CBB671783196

L’Ibérie de Ptolémée, entre géographie mathématique et procédés empiriques (2017)

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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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Authors & Contributors
Prontera, Francesco
Seubert, Philippe
Panichi, Silvia
Cadiou, François
Sideri, Eleonora
Rathmann, Michael
Journals
Geographia antiqua
Technai, An International Journal for Ancient Science and Technology
Concepts
Geography
Roman Empire
Cartography
Geographers
Cartographers
Maps; atlases
People
Ptolemy, Claudius
Strabo
Eratosthenes of Cyrene
Pliny the Elder
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
Places
Mediterranean region
Europe
Middle and Near East
Arabian peninsula
Anatolia (Turkey)
Carthage
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