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Preferred term
Ptolemy
Definition
- Of all Roman intellectuals, Claudius Ptolemaeus, or Ptolemy, perhaps more than any other classical scholar, did the most to influence subsequent European notions of geography for the next millennium by dominating the popular and literary view of Earth throughout the Middle Ages. Little is known of his private life. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Ptolemy]
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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-F3WBSHDZ-6
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