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Side 22
... situated between the Western Ocean and the Cronian Sea . The old bard mentions in general terms the gloom of the Cimmerian land , which never enjoys the beams of day ; the poet of the Argonauts ventures to explain the cause of this ...
... situated between the Western Ocean and the Cronian Sea . The old bard mentions in general terms the gloom of the Cimmerian land , which never enjoys the beams of day ; the poet of the Argonauts ventures to explain the cause of this ...
Side 25
... situated in the West beyond the bounds of their actual knowledge , and , as it appears , of too fugitive a nature to be ever fixed within the circle of authentic geography . Homer describes at the extremity of the Ocean the Elysian ...
... situated in the West beyond the bounds of their actual knowledge , and , as it appears , of too fugitive a nature to be ever fixed within the circle of authentic geography . Homer describes at the extremity of the Ocean the Elysian ...
Side 30
... situated to the east of the Tanais , have probably left their name to the river Yrgis . The Scythians did not appear to the discriminating Greek as barbarians ; on the contrary , he commends them as an upright and civilised nation ...
... situated to the east of the Tanais , have probably left their name to the river Yrgis . The Scythians did not appear to the discriminating Greek as barbarians ; on the contrary , he commends them as an upright and civilised nation ...
Side 38
... situated in an oasis at the distance of ten days ' journey to the west of Thebes in Upper Egypt : at an equal distance beyond the temple of Ammon was Augila , another oasis abound- ing in springs and date trees : another journey of ten ...
... situated in an oasis at the distance of ten days ' journey to the west of Thebes in Upper Egypt : at an equal distance beyond the temple of Ammon was Augila , another oasis abound- ing in springs and date trees : another journey of ten ...
Side 49
... situated six days ' sail within Albion , suits better with Ireland than with the Scilly islands . As to the account of tin being brought from it , it is of little consequence , as the Greeks adopted every supposition that could solve ...
... situated six days ' sail within Albion , suits better with Ireland than with the Scilly islands . As to the account of tin being brought from it , it is of little consequence , as the Greeks adopted every supposition that could solve ...
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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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