Terrestrial and Celestial Globes, Vol. 1: Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of Their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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The beginnings of astronomical and of geographical science. Primitive attempts at map construction, as seen in the Baby lonian plan of the world. - Anaximander probably the first scientific cartographer. - Statements of Herodotus. - The place of Hecataeus, Hipparchus, Marinus, Ptolemy. - The Romans as map makers. - The earliest beliefs in a globular earth. - Thales, the Pythagoreans, Aristotle. - Eratosthenes and his measurements of the earth. - Crates probably the first to construct a terrestrial globe. - Statements of strabo.-ptolemy's statements concerning globes and globe construction. - The allusions of Pliny.
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The beginnings of astronomical and of geographical science. Primitive attempts at map construction, as seen in the Baby lonian plan of the world. - Anaximander probably the first scientific cartographer. - Statements of Herodotus. - The place of Hecataeus, Hipparchus, Marinus, Ptolemy. - The Romans as map makers. - The earliest beliefs in a globular earth. - Thales, the Pythagoreans, Aristotle. - Eratosthenes and his measurements of the earth. - Crates probably the first to construct a terrestrial globe. - Statements of strabo.-ptolemy's statements concerning globes and globe construction. - The allusions of Pliny.
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- Publication date2018
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- ISBN 13 9781333518301
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- Number of pages392
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