Ptolemy charted more than 1,000 stars in 48 constellations.

托勒密绘制了48个星座中1000多颗星的星图。

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The wisdom of the day was derived from Ptolemy, an astronomer of the second century, whose elaborate system of the sky put Earth at the center of all heavenly motions.

当时的智慧来自于二世纪的天文学家托勒密，他的复杂天空体系把地球置于所有天体运动的中心。

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The wisdom of the day was derived from Ptolemy, an astronomer of the second century, whose elaborate system of the sky put Earth at the center of all heavenly motions.

当时的智慧来自于二世纪的天文学家托勒密，他的复杂天空体系把地球置于所有天体运动的中心。

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Since ancient times, thinkers including the Greek astronomer Ptolemy believed in the existence of a huge continent on the South Pole.

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Ptolemy rightly identified the town as the gateway to Seres, the Land of Silk.

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Claudius Ptolemy and Galen, respectively an astronomer and a physician, and Plotinus and Philo, who were both philosophers.

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Ptolemy could not resist filling blanks on his maps with theoretical conceptions, something that plagues exploration to this day.

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