The great ancient Greek geographer, Ptolemy, provided early explorers with their ideas about the world, but he made some major and misleading errors. Which of the following errors was his?
A) He thought the world was flat, shaped like a plate
B) He overestimated the size of the land area of the world and underestimated the overall size of the earth by about one-sixth
C) He believed that longitude and latitude were useless in exploration
D) He believed that the tropical oceans were so hot that no ship could sail in them
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