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English: Map of the oikumene, or known World, from an Italian translation of Ptolemy's Geographia. Printed in Venice, 1564. Translated by Girolamo Ruscello. Shelfmark: Byw. H 5.9
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Ptolemy  (100–170)  wikidata:Q34943 s:en:Author:Ptolemy q:en:Ptolemy
 
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Birth name: Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος; Claudius Ptolemaeus; Claudius Ptolemeus; Claudius Ptolemy; Klaudios Ptolemaios
Description Roman mathematician, geographer, astronomer, astrologer, music theorist and philosopher
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Location of birth/death Ptolemais Hermiou Alexandria
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