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Ancient Geography: Some Markers

In: Mathematical Geography in the Eighteenth Century: Euler, Lagrange and Lambert

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  • Athanase Papadopoulos

    (Université de Strasbourg, Institut de Recherche Mathématique Avancée)

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In this chapter, we highlight some landmarks in the early history of geography, with a stress on its mathematical component: establishing coordinates, measuring large distances using astronomical data, and drawing geographical maps based on various types of projections from the sphere onto the plane. We shall mention works by several mathematicians-geographers from Greek Antiquity and by the Medieval Arabs, who were the natural heirs of the Greeks. We bring out the notion of topological Topological geographical map geographical map, in relation with Ptolemy’s concept of chorography. We end this chapter with a few words on the Renaissance, a period where most of the oldest maps that survive were drawn.

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  • Athanase Papadopoulos, 2022. "Ancient Geography: Some Markers," Springer Books, in: Renzo Caddeo & Athanase Papadopoulos (ed.), Mathematical Geography in the Eighteenth Century: Euler, Lagrange and Lambert, chapter 0, pages 9-46, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-09570-2_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-09570-2_2
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