Claudius Ptolemy and the Nile or, An inquiry into that geographer's real merits and speculative errors, his knowledge of Eastern Africa and the authenticity of the Mountains of the Moon. This book, "Claudius Ptolemy and the nile", by William Desborough Cooley, is a replication of a book originally published before 1854. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.