Hipparchus on the Latitude of Southern India
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Strabo's rejection of Hipparchus' placement of India in favor Eratosthenes' reflects his misunderstanding of Hipparchus' cartographic methods, which preferred celestial observation over Eratosthenes' grid r...
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Duke University
2010-11-01
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| Series: | Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies |
| Online Access: | http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/361 |