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AGATHODAEMON
, of See also:Alexandria, See also:map designer, probably lived in the 2nd See also:century A.D
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Some See also:MSS. of the See also:Geography of See also:Ptolemy contain twenty-seven maps, which are stated to have been See also:drawn by Agathodaemon of Alexandria, who " delineated the whole See also:world according to the eight books of Ptolemy's geography." As Ptolemy speaks of Ilivatces to accompany his See also:treatise, these maps were probably the See also:work of a contemporary acting under his instructions
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About 1470 Nicolaus See also:Doris, a See also:Benedictine See also: |
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