The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1830 |
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Side 17
... extremely remarkable at so early an age . Homer names likewise the Siculi and Sicani , historic names ; but yet his island Trinacria is rather mythic than real ; he places in it , with mythical propriety , the flocks and herds of the ...
... extremely remarkable at so early an age . Homer names likewise the Siculi and Sicani , historic names ; but yet his island Trinacria is rather mythic than real ; he places in it , with mythical propriety , the flocks and herds of the ...
Side 34
... extremely limited : indeed , he knew nothing of that country beyond the river Indus . " The greater part of Asia , " he tells us , was discovered by Darius . That prince wishing to know into what part of the sea the river Indus falls ...
... extremely limited : indeed , he knew nothing of that country beyond the river Indus . " The greater part of Asia , " he tells us , was discovered by Darius . That prince wishing to know into what part of the sea the river Indus falls ...
Side 36
... extremely formida- ble , and it is not without great danger that the soil thrown up from their excavations is collected and car- ried off . This story was afterwards repeated by every Greek who visited the East , and is perhaps a ...
... extremely formida- ble , and it is not without great danger that the soil thrown up from their excavations is collected and car- ried off . This story was afterwards repeated by every Greek who visited the East , and is perhaps a ...
Side 44
... extremely mistrustful of arbitrary hypo- theses . Herodotus called in question many long - re- ceived opinions . He did not deny that the earth was a sphere , as his commentators have erroneously imagined ; but he ridiculed the idea of ...
... extremely mistrustful of arbitrary hypo- theses . Herodotus called in question many long - re- ceived opinions . He did not deny that the earth was a sphere , as his commentators have erroneously imagined ; but he ridiculed the idea of ...
Side 94
... extremely inaccurate and indistinct . When he tells us that the Helleviones , a Scandinavian nation , considered their country as a separate quarter of the globe , we recognise the authenticity of his information in the coincidence of ...
... extremely inaccurate and indistinct . When he tells us that the Helleviones , a Scandinavian nation , considered their country as a separate quarter of the globe , we recognise the authenticity of his information in the coincidence of ...
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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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