Ptolemy

(Claudius Ptolemaeus)
90–168
Greatest map-maker of Roman times. Renowned expert in Astronomy and Geography.

Other Resources

Story Links	Book Links
University Professors of Two Thousand Years Ago in	Stories of the Great Scientists by Charles R. Gibson
Ptolemy's Maps in	A Book of Discovery by M. B. Synge

Image Links
Ptolemy's Map of the World, originally drawn about A.D. 150. in A Book of Discovery