Geography
The First MapThe first map of the known world was made by Herodotus. He gathered information by traveling and talking to other travelers. He put his information on a map.
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Over 8000 known placesPtolemy was another Greek geographer. He made a book with over 8000 places listed called "Geographia". He added maps that had curves to represent topography.
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Latitude and LongitudePtolemy also created the concept of Latitude and Longitude. He recorded the specific locations of city's in his book. Many improvements were made later on.
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