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  1. The terms longitude and latitude were first used by
    1. Herodotus
    2. Eratosthenese
    3. Posidonius
    4. Ptolemy
Correct Option: B

The terms longitude and latitude were first used by Eratosthenese. Eratosthenes of Cyrene was a Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist. He was a man of learning, becoming the chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria.



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