Claudius Ptolemy and the Nile; Or, an Inquiry Into That Geographer's Real Merits and Speculative Errors, His Knowledge of Eastern Africa, and the Authenticity of the Mountains of the Moon. [With a Map.]

William Desborough Cooley

ISBN 10: 124152386X / ISBN 13: 9781241523862

Published by British Library, Historical Print Editions, US, 2011

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• Title: Claudius Ptolemy and the Nile; Or, an Inquiry Into That Geographer's Real Merits and Speculative Errors, His Knowledge of Eastern Africa, and the Authenticity of the Mountains of the Moon. [With a Map.]
• Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions, US
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 124152386X
• ISBN 13: 9781241523862
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 281 grams

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Title: Claudius Ptolemy and the Nile; or, an Inquiry into that geographer's real merits and speculative errors, his knowledge of eastern Africa, and the authenticity of the Mountains of the Moon. [With a map.]

Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.

The GEOGRAPHY & TOPOGRAPHY collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. Offering some insights into the study and mapping of the natural world, this collection includes texts on Babylon, the geographies of China, and the medieval Islamic world. Also included are regional geographies and volumes on environmental determinism, topographical analyses of England, China, ancient Jerusalem, and significant tracts of North America.

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British Library
Cooley, William Desborough; Ptolemy;
1854.
iv. 113 p.; 8.
1298.c.29.