Il ruolo della geografia scientifica nello sviluppo del pensiero geografico antico

• Autores: Serena Bianchetti
• Localización: Tra geografia e storiografia / coord. por Roberto Nicolai, Antonio Luis Chávez Reino, 2020, ISBN 978-84-18254-21-5, págs. 69-84
• Idioma: italiano
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• Resumen

  • The activity of geographers-scientists is based on an astronomical conception of the celestial sphere which, in turn, is closely correlated to the terrestrial sphere: the Arctic circle is identified by the scientists —probably by Pytheas— in its absolute value and not in relation to a precise point on earth. The concepts by Eratosthenes, Hipparchus and Ptolemy are all linked to said definition. However, as we can see from Geminus, world maps continued to preserve traces of the most ancient concept of the Arctic circle related to Rhodes. This was due not to any opposition to scientific discoveries —which the geographers accepted— but primarily to be able to read the map of the world in a Mediterranean perspective, one that was traditional and easy for readers who were not scientists.