{"product_id":"geographical-guide-of-ptolemy-of-alexandria-hardback","title":"Geographical Guide of Ptolemy of Alexandria - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume offers a detailed study of Ptolemy of Alexandria’s \u003ci\u003eGeographical Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, whose eight books contain a wealth of geographical information unavailable elsewhere and represent the culmination of the Greco-Roman discipline of geography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten near the middle of the second century ad, the \u003ci\u003eGeographical Guide \u003c\/i\u003eis the most anomalous of the surviving works of ancient geographical scholarship but offers a vivid record of the expansion of geographical knowledge in antiquity. Roller examines this peculiar text, which offers unique data about explorations in the far reaches of the inhabited world, from Thoule and Hibernia in the northwest to Kattigara in the southeast, and from Serike in northeastern Asia southwest into central Africa. He positions the \u003ci\u003eGuide \u003c\/i\u003ewithin the tradition of ancient geography and gives close attention to the reason why Ptolemy wrote the guide and how it contributes to the genre of geographical scholarship. There is also an emphasis on the topographic and ethnic material within the \u003ci\u003eGuide \u003c\/i\u003ethat is new or unique, especially explorations in sub-Saharan Africa and knowledge of the world beyond India. Because the \u003ci\u003eGuide \u003c\/i\u003ewas written over half a century after the previous extant geographical work—the first books of Pliny’s \u003ci\u003eNatural History\u003c\/i\u003e—the book also assesses how knowledge of geography changed during this period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work is an essential text for students and scholars of ancient geography, and is also of interest to anyone working on the cultural history of the Roman Empire during this period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45584262365422,"sku":"9781032164410","price":227.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/geographical-guide-of-ptolemy-of-alexandria-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}