. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. toofar west, this made Rhodes too far east, and rendered the sea between these islands toolarge by at least a half. Strabo, ever alive to the faults of his predecessors, detected the mistake of Eratos-thenes with respect to the relative positions of Rome and Carthage. He has been far,however, fi-om rectifying all the wrong positions established by his predecessor. He has References to the Map of Europe according to Eratosthenes. 1. Ga(!e! 11. Roma 20. Ehpginm 20. Pola d
. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. toofar west, this made Rhodes too far east, and rendered the sea between these islands toolarge by at least a half. Strabo, ever alive to the faults of his predecessors, detected the mistake of Eratos-thenes with respect to the relative positions of Rome and Carthage. He has been far,however, fi-om rectifying all the wrong positions established by his predecessor. He has References to the Map of Europe according to Eratosthenes. 1. Ga(!e! 11. Roma 20. Ehpginm 20. Pola d L,ieer 2. Calpe 12. Ostia 21. Pcylaciurn .10. Kpirfaurus e Oaiumna 3. CarthaKO Nova 13. Oirceii 22. ThinU 31. Kiiiilamtius f J)uriu3 4. Narbo 14. Puteoli 23. Tarentum 32. ApoJIonia g Taeua 5. Massilia Nenpnlis 24. Kriindusium h Anas 6. Aniipolie Ifi. Pusiclonia Sipiis Rivers i Bneiis 7. Genua 17. Velia 96. Teanum a Albis j Ibcrua P- I,una 18. 27. Aneona b RhPMiis fc Rhodanus 9. Piipulonmn) 19. Hipponium 28. Ariminum c Siquana 1 Varus 10. Cussa Fig. 6. EUROPE ACCORDING TO ERATOSTHENES. At MARE ATLANTJCVM. Vol. I. 4* P 42 mSTORY OF GEOGRAPHY. Part I. left untouched the false orienting of Sicily, and all the errors dependent upon it. Both heand Eratosthenes describe Italy as extending from north to south, which, allowing for theearly tendency to orient all lines towards a cardinal point, may be taken as a pretty fairrepresentation. M. Gosselin has undertaken to show tliat such a direction would be incon-sistent with the other data given by these geographers, in conformity to which Italy muststretch from east to west. Considering, however, the imperfect state of geographical deli-neation at that period, it seems going too far to follow each error into all its consequences,or to suppose that all the views given can be brought into complete harmony. The outline of the central and northern countries of Europe drawn by these geogia-phers is excessively vague. Strabo i
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