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English: A map of the British Isles compiled from the coordinates given in Book II of Ptolemy's Geography (2nd Century AD). Much of the material used by Ptolemy was collected by his predecessor Marinus of Tyre. Ptolemy's prime meridian ran through the Canary Islands, but he underestimated the size of the globe, so that London is placed 2 degrees too far east and 2.5 degrees too far north.
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Source Scan of page from OS Map of Roman Britain
Author Director General of the Ordnance Survey, UK

The full text of the publication from which this map is taken can be found at Archive.org.

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