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The Eratosthenes-Strabo Nile Map. Is it the earliest surviving instance of spherical cartography? Did it supply the 5000 stades arc for Eratosthenes' experiment?

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Rawlins, D. The Eratosthenes-Strabo Nile Map. Is it the earliest surviving instance of spherical cartography? Did it supply the 5000 stades arc for Eratosthenes' experiment?. Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. 26, 211–219 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00348500

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