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Side 9
... distance from the parent state . Thus we find that the Phoenicians had , at least a thou- sand years before the birth of Christ , explored the western ocean , and at the same time navigated the Euxine Sea and the Arabian Gulf . Their ...
... distance from the parent state . Thus we find that the Phoenicians had , at least a thou- sand years before the birth of Christ , explored the western ocean , and at the same time navigated the Euxine Sea and the Arabian Gulf . Their ...
Side 16
... distance they have found the Styx and descent of Avernus . They thus inadvertently bring Cimmeria and its perpetual darkness into the smiling clime of Italy . The same system finds in Strongyle the once wandering rocks , and in Lipari ...
... distance they have found the Styx and descent of Avernus . They thus inadvertently bring Cimmeria and its perpetual darkness into the smiling clime of Italy . The same system finds in Strongyle the once wandering rocks , and in Lipari ...
Side 19
... carry off the king's daughter is consistent with the manners of the age ; that the proposed object of the enterprise should , at this distance of time , be , or A due appear to be , a fable , is c 2 CHAP . II . 19 THE GREEKS .
... carry off the king's daughter is consistent with the manners of the age ; that the proposed object of the enterprise should , at this distance of time , be , or A due appear to be , a fable , is c 2 CHAP . II . 19 THE GREEKS .
Side 22
... regard to distances and positions serve only to show how little the knowledge of the author extended beyond an acquaintance with names alone . But perhaps it may be asked , who were the 22 BOOK I. GEOGRAPHY OF THE ANCIENTS .
... regard to distances and positions serve only to show how little the knowledge of the author extended beyond an acquaintance with names alone . But perhaps it may be asked , who were the 22 BOOK I. GEOGRAPHY OF THE ANCIENTS .
Side 31
... distance . Inter- course , or mutual acquaintance , rarely exists among those simple communities , where there is not some ori- ginal affinity of race and language . How then is it possible to credit the opinion , that the Issedones ...
... distance . Inter- course , or mutual acquaintance , rarely exists among those simple communities , where there is not some ori- ginal affinity of race and language . How then is it possible to credit the opinion , that the Issedones ...
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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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