The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1830 |
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Side vii
... Hands of the Arabians . - Their Wealth and Luxury . -Cinnamon . - Ignorance as to the Country which produced it . Known to Moses . Supposed to grow in Arabia and in Africa . - Pliny's Account . Anti- quity of Trade in the Eastern Seas ...
... Hands of the Arabians . - Their Wealth and Luxury . -Cinnamon . - Ignorance as to the Country which produced it . Known to Moses . Supposed to grow in Arabia and in Africa . - Pliny's Account . Anti- quity of Trade in the Eastern Seas ...
Side 6
... hand , means the West , or Africa . The institutions of the Hebrews were calculated to discourage an intercourse with strangers . The brilliant commercial enterprises in which Solomon engaged were discontinued by his successors , and ...
... hand , means the West , or Africa . The institutions of the Hebrews were calculated to discourage an intercourse with strangers . The brilliant commercial enterprises in which Solomon engaged were discontinued by his successors , and ...
Side 17
... hand , he relates mythical traditions as readily as facts ; and we shall find , as we proceed , that the bulk of these traditions always pointed to the West- ern Ocean . When the stream of mankind was flowing constantly towards the West ...
... hand , he relates mythical traditions as readily as facts ; and we shall find , as we proceed , that the bulk of these traditions always pointed to the West- ern Ocean . When the stream of mankind was flowing constantly towards the West ...
Side 37
... hands ; a custom still observed by the Al- gerines in their marriage ceremonies . The Psylli pos- sessed the secret of charming or teaching serpents , an art which survives , though the Psylli appear to be ex- tinct . The Lotophagi ...
... hands ; a custom still observed by the Al- gerines in their marriage ceremonies . The Psylli pos- sessed the secret of charming or teaching serpents , an art which survives , though the Psylli appear to be ex- tinct . The Lotophagi ...
Side 40
... hand , " which to me , " says He- rodotus , " does not appear credible , however it may seem to others . " As the geographical knowledge of Herodotus reached far beyond Syene on the Nile , and therefore within the tropic , he could not ...
... hand , " which to me , " says He- rodotus , " does not appear credible , however it may seem to others . " As the geographical knowledge of Herodotus reached far beyond Syene on the Nile , and therefore within the tropic , he could not ...
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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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