Claudius Ptolemy
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Roman‑era geographer who included Terra Australis on his world maps
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentCarter RoyConspiracy Theories · The Piri Reis Map · 14:09 · Nov 2024
…He believed that the mass of land above Europe in the northern hemisphere had to be balanced by an equally large continent in the south. He called this place Terra Australis, meaning southern land. In the 2nd century CE, the Roman cartographer Claudius Ptolemy echoed Aristotle's theory and included Terra Australis on his charts. Over the next thousand year…
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