Who is the author of the first geographical map?
| April 14, 2021 | education
The author of the first geographical map was Eratosthenes of Cyrene (years of life 276 BC – 194 BC). This scientist is also called “the father of geography”.
He was the first to map the meridians and calculate, with an error of only 80 km, the diameter of the Earth.
In addition, Eratosthenes was the first to create a calendar with leap years.
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