The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1830 |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 100
Side 3
... ancient Syriac , and with Arabic , sufficiently proves the identity in race of what are called the Semitic na- tions . There is no difficulty in assigning to each of the sons of Shem his proper situation . Elam founded the kingdom of ...
... ancient Syriac , and with Arabic , sufficiently proves the identity in race of what are called the Semitic na- tions . There is no difficulty in assigning to each of the sons of Shem his proper situation . Elam founded the kingdom of ...
Side 5
... ancient topography of Phrygia , and from whom , probably , the Euxine , at first the Axine sea , derived its B 3 CHAP . I. 5 THE HEBREWS . -The River Eridanus and the Riphæan Mountains - Commercial terprise of the Greeks.
... ancient topography of Phrygia , and from whom , probably , the Euxine , at first the Axine sea , derived its B 3 CHAP . I. 5 THE HEBREWS . -The River Eridanus and the Riphæan Mountains - Commercial terprise of the Greeks.
Side 8
... ancient authors , we are sure to find them manned and guided by Phoenicians . This people were , in fact , the merchants of the Egyptians , whose laws and religion were at all times unfavourable to ma▾ ritime adventure : they were , in ...
... ancient authors , we are sure to find them manned and guided by Phoenicians . This people were , in fact , the merchants of the Egyptians , whose laws and religion were at all times unfavourable to ma▾ ritime adventure : they were , in ...
Side 10
... ancient world , from the difficulty and expense of multiplying books ; and it is interesting to observe in the present instance that the geographical knowledge of the Phoenicians in the fabu- lous times of Greece may probably have ...
... ancient world , from the difficulty and expense of multiplying books ; and it is interesting to observe in the present instance that the geographical knowledge of the Phoenicians in the fabu- lous times of Greece may probably have ...
Side 12
... Macedonia , and a perfect acquaint- ance with the Cyclades and larger islands . The auxi- liaries of the Trojans were the Tribes of the Pelasgians ; the Mæonians ; the Carians , speaking a strange lan- 12 BOOK I. GEOGRAPHY OF THE ANCIENTS .
... Macedonia , and a perfect acquaint- ance with the Cyclades and larger islands . The auxi- liaries of the Trojans were the Tribes of the Pelasgians ; the Mæonians ; the Carians , speaking a strange lan- 12 BOOK I. GEOGRAPHY OF THE ANCIENTS .
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1 William Desborough Cooley Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1833 |
The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1 William Desborough Cooley Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1830 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
acquainted afterwards ambassadors ancient antiquity appears Arabians Argonauts Arrian arrived Asia called Cape carried Caspian Sea century Ceylon China Chinese Chorasm Christian Cimmerians coast of Africa Colchis colony Columbus commerce continued court desert discovery distance earth East eastern Edit Egypt emperor Europe Euxine expedition fable fleet friar geographical knowledge gold Grand Khan Greece Greeks Herodotus Hindoos Homer horses Ibn Batuta Iceland India inhabitants island isles journey king kingdom land language learned length Mangu Khan Marco Polo mention merchants Mongols mountains nations natives navigation Nestorian Nile northern observed ocean perhaps Persia Phoenicians Pliny poets port Portugal Portuguese possessed Prester John prince Ptolemy Pytheas reached received relates remarkable respecting river Roman Rubruquis sail says Scythians ships shores situated Spain Strabo supposed Tatars tion trade travellers tribes vessels visited vols voyage West western wonderful writers