World Map 2nd Century

Description: Ptolemy world map ca. 150 AD. Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy), was a mathmatician, geographer, astronomer and astrologer who lived in the Hellenistic culture of Roman Egypt. One of his main works is his Geographia, a compilation of the known geography in the Roman Empire. This map is a reconstruction made in the 15th century.

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