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Description
English: 19th century reconstruction of Eratosthenes' map of the known world, c. 194 BC.
Italiano: Mappa di Eratostene.
Date
Source Bunbury, E.H. (1811-1895), A History of Ancient Geography among the Greeks and Romans from the Earliest Ages till the Fall of the Roman Empire, page 667. London: John Murray, 1883.
Creator
Edward Bunbury  (1811–1895)  wikidata:Q5342065 s:en:Author:Edward Herbert Bunbury
 
Alternative names
Birth name: Edward Herbert Bunbury; Sir Edward Herbert Bunbury, 9th Bt.; E. H. B.; Edward H. Bunbury
Description British politician, historian, essayist, barrister and classical scholar
Date of birth/death 8 July 1811 Edit this at Wikidata 5 March 1895 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Brighton
Work location
London Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q5342065
Eratosthenes  (–276––194)  wikidata:Q43182 s:en:Author:Eratosthenes q:en:Eratosthenes
 
Eratosthenes
Alternative names
Birth name: Ἐρατοσθένης; Eratosthenes of Cyrene; Eρατοσθένης
Description mathematician, astronomer, poet, librarian, historian and writer
Date of birth/death 276 BC
date QS:P,-0276-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
 Edit this at Wikidata		 194 BC
date QS:P,-0194-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Cyrene Alexandria
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q43182
 Geotemporal data
Bounding box
N: 61.5690909°N
W: 70.6748855°W E: 114.128491°E
S: 41.8581167°S
Georeferencing View the georeferenced map in the Wikimaps Warper
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2. century BCE

1883

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current14:51, 5 July 2020Thumbnail for version as of 14:51, 5 July 20205,085 × 3,096 (2.37 MB)Sette-quattroHigher resolution version, from https://archive.org/details/historyofancient00bunb/page/n720/mode/2up
19:12, 24 June 2007Thumbnail for version as of 19:12, 24 June 20071,040 × 611 (149 KB)TcfkaPanairjddeMappa di Eratostene, da en.wiki en:Iran.jpg La mappa è tratta da: * Bunbury, E.H., ''A History of Ancient Geography among the Greeks and Romans from the Earliest Ages till the Fall of the Roman Empire''. London: John Murray, 1883. {{PD-Art}}

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