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Tables of Contents for Ptolemy's Geography
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
ix
Preface
xi
Note on Citations of Classical Authors
xiii
Introduction
3
2
What Ptolemy Expected His Reader to Know
5
12
The Place of the Geography in Ptolemy's Work
17
3
Ptolemy's Evolving Conception of the World
20
3
Marinos and Other Sources
23
8
Ptolemy's Map Projections and Coordinate Lists
31
10
The Manuscripts of the Geography
41
4
The Maps in the Manuscripts
45
5
Early Readers and Translators
50
2
Modern Editions and Translations of the Geography
52
1
Our Translation
53
130
Ptolemy, Guide to Drawing a Map of the World
Book 1
57
37
Book 2
94
14
Book 7
108
10
Book 8
118
7
Plates and Maps
Notes on the Plates and Maps
125
3
Plates 1-7
128
1
Maps 1-8
129
16
Appendices
Appendix A: The Journeys of Flaccus and Maternus to the Aithiopians
145
3
Appendix B: Marinos' Calculation of the Latitude of Cape Prason
148
2
Appendix C: The Trade Route across Central Asia
150
3
Appendix D: The Breadth of the Mediterranean According to Marinos and Ptolemy
153
2
Appendix E: The Sail to Kattigara
155
2
Appendix F: The Miscellaneous Criticisms of Marinos' Data
157
6
Appendix G: Textual Notes
163
5
Appendix H: Geographical Index
168
15
Bibliography
183
6
Index
189