Ancient Geography: Some Markers

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Publication date 14 December 2022

Published in Mathematical Geography in the Eighteenth Century: Euler, Lagrange and Lambert (Search for Journal in Brave)

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History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of differential geometry (53-03) Mathematical geography and demography (91D20)

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