Geographia

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ancient geographical treatise cartographic work

Geographia is an influential ancient geographical treatise by Claudius Ptolemy that systematically mapped the known world and shaped cartography for centuries.

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Label Occurrences
Geographia canonical 4
Ptolemaic geography 2
Geography (Ptolemy) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient geographical treatise ⓘ
cartographic work ⓘ
alternativeName Geography ⓘ
Almagest ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemy’s Geography
author Claudius Ptolemaeus ⓘ
surface form: Claudius Ptolemy
basedOn Marinus of Tyre ⓘ
earlier geographical sources ⓘ
centuryWritten 2nd century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman province of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Roman Egypt
dateWritten 2nd century ⓘ
describes known world of the 2nd century ⓘ
describesFeature cities ⓘ
provinces ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
seas ⓘ
describesRegion Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
field history of cartography ⓘ
history of science ⓘ
genre cartography ⓘ
geography ⓘ
hasImpactOn European world view ⓘ
mapmaking techniques ⓘ
hasPart coordinate catalog of places ⓘ
maps of regions ⓘ
theoretical introduction to geography ⓘ
influenced Renaissance cartography ⓘ
early modern geography ⓘ
medieval cartography ⓘ
notableFor long‑lasting influence on world maps ⓘ
standardizing ancient geographic knowledge ⓘ
systematic use of latitude and longitude ⓘ
originalLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Alexandria ⓘ
preservedIn Greek manuscripts ⓘ
Latin translations ⓘ
resurgedIn Renaissance ⓘ
subjectMatter Earth’s surface ⓘ
mapping of inhabited world ⓘ
translatedInto Arabic ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
usedBy Renaissance cartographers ⓘ
usesSystem Ptolemaic system ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemaic coordinate system
usesUnit degree of latitude ⓘ
degree of longitude ⓘ
workOf Geographia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemaic geography

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Claudius Ptolemaeus → notableWork → Geographia ⓘ
Terra Australis → influencedBy → Geographia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic geography
Ptolemaios → notableWork → Geographia ⓘ
Ptolemaios → authored → Geographia ⓘ
Geographia → workOf → Geographia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic geography
Harmonics → relatedWork → Geographia ⓘ
subject surface form: Harmonics (Ptolemy)
Optics → relatedWork → Geographia ⓘ
subject surface form: Optics (Ptolemy)
this entity surface form: Geography (Ptolemy)