(Ptolemy 的复数) 托勒密(公元2世纪的古希腊天文学家、地理学家、数学家,地心说的创立者)
plural of Ptolemy
n. Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance
n. an ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra

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【原文】 Why Are Maps Drawn with North at the Top? Now it is hard to visualize a map that does not feature north at the top, but this was not always so. The oldest known map in the accepted sense of the word was drawn about 3,800 BC, and represen

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