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Ptolemy’s classical second-century map of the world, which sparked our modern obsession with maps

Ptolemy’s classical second-century map of the world, which sparked our modern obsession with maps

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Ur-astronomer Ptolemy marvels at the poetry of the cosmos in the margins of a book in the second century CE. Nearly two millennia later, Neil deGrasse Tyson does the same, on the heels of Carl Sagan.

Ur-astronomer Ptolemy marvels at the poetry of the cosmos in the margins of a book in the second century CE. Nearly two millennia later, Neil deGrasse Tyson does the same, on the heels of Carl Sagan.

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