The GeographyDover, 1991 - 288 páginas Second-century classic of civilization listed over 8,000 places in Europe, Africa and Asia, tabulated according to latitude and longitude. Excellent reproduction of the rare first and definitive English translation, published in a limited edition of 250 copies by the New York Public Library. Included are 27 maps. |
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INTRODUCTION | 3 |
DEDICATION OF DONNUS NICHOLAUS GERMANUS | 19 |
BOOK ONE | 25 |
What presuppositions are to be made use of in Geography | 26 |
How from measuring the stadia of any given distance although not on the same meridian it may be determined how many stadia there are in the circu... | 27 |
Observed phenomena should be preferred to those derived from the accounts of travelers | 28 |
Concerning the geographical narrations of Marinus | 29 |
They are also corrected by measuring journeys on land | 30 |
Corsica island | 76 |
Sicily island | 77 |
Sarmatian Europe | 79 |
Tauric peninsula | 80 |
Iazyges Metanastae | 81 |
Upper Moesia | 82 |
Lower Moesia | 83 |
Thracia and the Peninsula | 84 |
They are also corrected by measuring journeys on water | 31 |
Ethiopia should not be placed more to the south than the circular parallel which is opposite the parallel passing through Meroe | 32 |
The calculation of the longitude of the earth corrected by land journeys | 33 |
The same calculation of longitude corrected by sea journeys | 34 |
Concerning the voyage from the Golden Chersonesus to Cattigara | 35 |
Concerning the things in which Marinus disagrees with us | 36 |
In fixing the boundaries of provinces Marinus has made some mistakes | 37 |
Of the inconvenience of the method of Marinus for delineating the habitable earth | 38 |
Of the convenience of our method of delineating the whole earth | 39 |
What must be done should one desire to delineate the earth in one plane | 40 |
Explanation of the meridians and parallels used in our delineation | 41 |
How the habitable earth can be shown in a plane map so that its measurements are in keeping with its spherical shape | 42 |
A prologue of the particular descriptions and a description of the western part of Europe including the several provinces and prefectures which are c... | 47 |
Hibernia island of Britannia | 48 |
Albion island of Britannia | 49 |
Hispanic Baetica | 52 |
Hispanic Tarraconensis | 53 |
Aquitanian Gaul | 58 |
Lugdunensian Gaul | 59 |
Belgic Gaul | 60 |
Narbonensian Gaul | 61 |
Greater Germania | 62 |
Raetia and Vindelica | 65 |
Noricum | 66 |
Lower Pannonia | 67 |
Illyria or Liburnia and Dalmatia | 68 |
BOOK THREE EUROPE MAPS VIX | 71 |
Macedonia | 85 |
Epirus | 88 |
Achaia 888888 | 92 |
BOOK SIXASIA MAPS VIX | 133 |
Susiana | 135 |
Persia | 136 |
Carmania Deserta | 137 |
Carmania | 140 |
Hyrcania | 141 |
Margiana | 142 |
Sogdiana | 143 |
Scythia this side the Imaus mountains | 144 |
Scythia beyond the Imaus mountains | 145 |
Aria | 146 |
Paropanisades | 147 |
Gedrosia | 148 |
BOOK SEVEN ASIA MAPS XXII | 149 |
India beyond the Ganges | 155 |
Location of Sinae | 157 |
Island of Taprobana and those islands which surround it | 158 |
Descriptive summary of the maps of the world | 159 |
Description of the Armillary Sphere in which is represented the inhab ited earth | 161 |
Epilogue to the foregoing | 162 |
BOOK EIGHT | 165 |
Crete island | 167 |
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