Publisher's Synopsis
1. Authority of Eratosthenes attacked by Po lemon. § 2. Hippa1 chus: his critimsms. § 3. Conceives the idea of a map of the world, based on astronomical observations of latitude and longitude. § 4. Adopted for the most pa1 t the conclusions of Eratosthenes. § 5. li1s division of the woi ld into cUmata. §§ 6, 7. Enumeiation of these as given us by Strabo. Accepted the existence of Thule. § 8. Erroneous views of geography of Asia; exaggeiated extent assigned to India. § 9. His m it1cisms of Eiatosthenes frequently erroneous. § 10. Indicates mode of determmmg longitudes by eclipses. § 11. Refuses to admit the contmuity of tho Ocean . .
