The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1830 |
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... believe that the Argonauts returned to Greece , not by the Hellespont , but through the ocean . As the increase of geographical knowledge , however , gradually disclosed the impossibility of such a voyage , various fictions were added ...
... believe that the Argonauts returned to Greece , not by the Hellespont , but through the ocean . As the increase of geographical knowledge , however , gradually disclosed the impossibility of such a voyage , various fictions were added ...
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... believe , from the love they bear to knowledge ; but when once stored with ideas , they are sure to exercise an in- dependent judgment . Anaximander is said also to have been the first to draw a map of the world . The maps of Sesostris ...
... believe , from the love they bear to knowledge ; but when once stored with ideas , they are sure to exercise an in- dependent judgment . Anaximander is said also to have been the first to draw a map of the world . The maps of Sesostris ...
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... the Thracians . They pretend , ” he says , " to immortality : whenever any one dies , they believe him to be received into the presence of their god Zamolxis . Each man has several wives , who , CHAP . III . 29 THE GREEKS .
... the Thracians . They pretend , ” he says , " to immortality : whenever any one dies , they believe him to be received into the presence of their god Zamolxis . Each man has several wives , who , CHAP . III . 29 THE GREEKS .
Side 30
... believe that the people who lived beyond the Massageta slept six months in the year . The cold of winter , he says , was so severe in the country north of the Euxine , that the Scythians could cross the Cimmerian Bosphorus with their ...
... believe that the people who lived beyond the Massageta slept six months in the year . The cold of winter , he says , was so severe in the country north of the Euxine , that the Scythians could cross the Cimmerian Bosphorus with their ...
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... believe themselves to be descended from the Jews . Among the nations inhabiting the coasts of Libya , as far as the lesser Syrtis , Herodotus found much to engage his curiosity . The Adyrmachides dressed their food in the sand heated by ...
... believe themselves to be descended from the Jews . Among the nations inhabiting the coasts of Libya , as far as the lesser Syrtis , Herodotus found much to engage his curiosity . The Adyrmachides dressed their food in the sand heated by ...
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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 |
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