The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1830 |
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... respecting the Arimasps and Griffons . In vain sought the Hyperboreans . -Effect of Climate on the Growth of Horns.- Extent of the Knowledge he acquired from the Scythians . The Cimmerians of the Bosphorus . -Their Origin conjectured ...
... respecting the Arimasps and Griffons . In vain sought the Hyperboreans . -Effect of Climate on the Growth of Horns.- Extent of the Knowledge he acquired from the Scythians . The Cimmerians of the Bosphorus . -Their Origin conjectured ...
Side 20
... least affect the authenticity of the Argo- nautic expedition . The author of the Orphic Argonautics appears to have had much vague information respecting the nations round the Euxine 20 BOOK I. GEOGRAPHY OF THE ANCIENTS .
... least affect the authenticity of the Argo- nautic expedition . The author of the Orphic Argonautics appears to have had much vague information respecting the nations round the Euxine 20 BOOK I. GEOGRAPHY OF THE ANCIENTS .
Side 21
William Desborough Cooley. had much vague information respecting the nations round the Euxine Sea . In conducting his hero north- wards from Colchis , he mentions the Tauri , Lælii , Nomads , and the Caspian nation ; in the Palus Mæotis ...
William Desborough Cooley. had much vague information respecting the nations round the Euxine Sea . In conducting his hero north- wards from Colchis , he mentions the Tauri , Lælii , Nomads , and the Caspian nation ; in the Palus Mæotis ...
Side 30
... respecting the Arimasps and Griffons , whom Herodotus anxiously wished to see . He learned that the latter possessed golden trea- sures , of which it was the occupation of the former to despoil them . The Hyperboreans also seemed to fly ...
... respecting the Arimasps and Griffons , whom Herodotus anxiously wished to see . He learned that the latter possessed golden trea- sures , of which it was the occupation of the former to despoil them . The Hyperboreans also seemed to fly ...
Side 33
... respecting the Caspian Sea : " The sea , " he observes , " which the Greeks navigate ( the Mediterranean ) ; and that beyond the Pillars of Hercules , which is called the Atlantic ; and the Erythræan , are all supposed to be but parts ...
... respecting the Caspian Sea : " The sea , " he observes , " which the Greeks navigate ( the Mediterranean ) ; and that beyond the Pillars of Hercules , which is called the Atlantic ; and the Erythræan , are all supposed to be but parts ...
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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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