Astronomically determined localities, the core part of Ptolemy's Geography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16841152 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jan Martínek (0000-0002-1415-4719, Transport Research Centre, corresponding author), Aleš Létal (0000-0001-6830-2644, Palacký University Olomouc) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Maps (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-5647 • E-ISSN: 1744-5647 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17445647.2023.2195563 |
| OpenAlex | W4366495720 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 13 |
The paper deals with ancient methods of astronavigation and their potential use in finding geographical locations in Ptolemy’s Geographike Hyphegesis. Further, it describes the systematic errors in these methods and suggests how to correct them. The results include a new map which compares the locations of Ptolemy’s sites after removing the errors with their real locations. Subsequently, significant ancient locations according to Ptolemy’s list of noteworthy cities are identified on the map. In some cases, we presume that they were located on the map using astronavigation. The results of this Study imply that Ptolemy may have adopted a comparatively regular network of points from some older authors which was the basis of his extensive work
Geography · Geometry · Ptolemy's table of chords · Historical and Architectural Studies · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · Historical Geography and Cartography · Mathematics
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |