The geographical guide of Ptolemy of Alexandria [electronic resource] : an analysis / Duane W. Roller.

"This volume offers a detailed study of Ptolemy of Alexandria's Geographical Guide, whose eight books contain a wealth of geographical information unavailable elsewhere and represent the culmination of the Greco-Roman discipline of geography. Written near the middle of the second century AD, the Geo...

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Main Author: Roller, Duane W. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
Series:Routledge monographs in classical studies
Subjects:
Ptolemy, > active 2nd century. > Geographia.
Cartography > Greece > Early works to 1800.
Atlases > Early works to 1800.
Geography, Ancient > Early works to 1800.
Genre:
Early works to 1800.
Online Access:
Taylor & Francis Complete 2023 eBooks: 2023 (Taylor & Francis eBooks)
Variant Title:
The Geographical Guide of Ptolemy of Alexandria: An Analysis
Format: Electronic eBook

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Ptolemy and the Geographical guide -- Ptolemy's introduction to the guide -- Northern, Central, and Western Europe -- Italia and Eastern Europe -- Libya -- Asia -- The final portion of the guide -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. The text of the Ivernia section of the guide -- Appendix 2. Toponyms mentioned in book 1 -- Appendix 3. The caption for map 1 of Europe. 
520 |a "This volume offers a detailed study of Ptolemy of Alexandria's Geographical Guide, whose eight books contain a wealth of geographical information unavailable elsewhere and represent the culmination of the Greco-Roman discipline of geography. Written near the middle of the second century AD, the Geographical Guide is the most anomalous of the surviving works of ancient geographical scholarship but offers a vivid record of the expansion of geographical knowledge in antiquity. Roller examines this peculiar text, which offers unique data about explorations in the far reaches of the inhabited world, from Thoule and Hibernia in the northwest to Kattigara in the southeast, and from Serike in northeastern Asia southwest into central Africa. He positions the Guide within the tradition of ancient geography and gives close attention to the reason why Ptolemy wrote the guide and how it contributes to the genre of geographical scholarship. There is also an emphasis on the topographic and ethnic material within the Guide that is new or unique, especially explorations in sub-Saharan Africa and knowledge of the world beyond India. As the Guide was written over half a century after the previous extant geographical work - the first books of Pliny's Natural History - the book also assesses how knowledge of geography changed during this period. This work is an essential text for students and scholars of ancient geography, and is also of interest to anyone working on the cultural history of the Roman Empire during this period"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
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