Ptolemy's map of Africa dates from the 2nd century AD. And for a long time it was thought that the Alexandrian geographer knew well the greater part of the cont

Ptolemy's Geography is the only book on cartography to have survived from the classical period and one of the most influential scientific works of all time. Wri

Geography of Claudius Ptolemy, originally titled Geographia and written in the second century, is a depiction of the geography of the Roman Empire at the time.

First published in 1972, Africa and the World places the African past within the wider context of world events, while providing a wealth of geographical and eth

Among the most beautiful and compelling works of Renaissance art, painted maps adorned the halls and galleries of princely palaces. This book is the first to di