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Published December 19, 2019 | Version v1
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Catalog of Ptolemy's Geography Book 8

  • 1. Humboldt University Berlin, Max Planck Institute for History of Science

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Localities contained in Book 8 of Ptolemy's Geography, based on the
        German translation published by (@StueckelbergerGrasshoff2006) of the two main
        textual recensions of the work (Xi and Omega). For a selection of
        important cities Book 8 of the Geography gives lists
        the durations of the longest day of the year as well as the distance of
        their meridian to the reference meridian through
        Alexandria (Egypt) in hours and fractions of hours.

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