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J. LENNART BERGGREN and ALEXANDER JONES, Ptolemy'sGeography: An Annotated Translation of the Theoretical Chapters. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2000. Pp. xiii+192. ISBN 0-691-01042-0. £24.95, $39.50 (hardback).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2004

KARIN TYBJERG
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge

Abstract

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Book Review
Copyright
2004 British Society for the History of Science

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