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The terms longitude and latitude were first used by
Options:
A .  Ptolemy
B .  Posidonius
C .  Herodotus
D .  Eratosthenes
Answer: Option D
Answer: (d)
The terms longitude and latitude were first used by Eratosthenes. 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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