Marinus of Tyre

Marinus of Tyre (Ancient Greek: Μαρῖνος ὁ Τύριος, Marînos ho Týrios; c. AD 70–130) was a geographer, cartographer and mathematician, who founded mathematical geography and provided the underpinnings of Claudius Ptolemy's influential Geography.

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