Although Ptolemy’s calculations were inaccurate—leading to distortions in distances—he was the first to use mathematics in cartography. Certain aspects of his world map, like his successful ...

In fact, cartography reveals the cultural activities and the vision of the world at these times. Four major ancient maps display the depth of these exchanges: the Ptolemy World Map (150 AD), the ...

power and culture resulting from the Silk Routes have been captured in a rang of maps, including the Ptolemy World Map (150 AD), the Islamic World Map (1154 AD), the Catalan Atlas (1375), and the ...

Wood engravings, published in 1893. Ancient map of the known world 1863 An Atlas of Ancient Geography by Samuel Butler - London 1863 claudius ptolemy illustrations stock illustrations Ancient map of ...

map drawn from Ptolemy's coordinates for a 1482 edition of his Geographia (The Ulm Edition, Leinhard Holle) Lands beyond the bounds of the known world tantalized the imaginations of ancient ...

Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek mathematician ... Much of medieval astronomy and geography were built on his ideas: his world map, published as part of his treatise Geography in the 2nd century ...