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Side vii
... tion of the Eridanus and Amber . - Trade in Europe . - Conclusion . 123 -- CHAP . X. - MYTHIC GEOGRAPHY OF THE HINDOOS , AND ITS CONNECTION WITH GRECIAN MYTHS . Mount Meru . The Seven Dwipas or Islands . The Quarters of the Heavens ...
... tion of the Eridanus and Amber . - Trade in Europe . - Conclusion . 123 -- CHAP . X. - MYTHIC GEOGRAPHY OF THE HINDOOS , AND ITS CONNECTION WITH GRECIAN MYTHS . Mount Meru . The Seven Dwipas or Islands . The Quarters of the Heavens ...
Side xi
... tion . - Police . - Sale of Children . - Port of Zaitun . - Manufacture of Porcelain . - Cannibals in China . - Thibet . -Method of frightening wild Beasts . - Sorcerers . Salt used as Money .. Musk Gazelles . - Description of ...
... tion . - Police . - Sale of Children . - Port of Zaitun . - Manufacture of Porcelain . - Cannibals in China . - Thibet . -Method of frightening wild Beasts . - Sorcerers . Salt used as Money .. Musk Gazelles . - Description of ...
Side 7
... tion serves very well to explain the expression " ships of Tarshish , " it only increases the difficulty of a three years ' voyage to Tarshish . Others have imagined two places of the same name , one in the East and the other in the ...
... tion serves very well to explain the expression " ships of Tarshish , " it only increases the difficulty of a three years ' voyage to Tarshish . Others have imagined two places of the same name , one in the East and the other in the ...
Side 19
... tion was preserved in Colchis and Armenia , where he was said to have founded cities ; nay , he was even thought to have penetrated into Media . The river Par- thenia flowing into the Euxine , and the Halizones who inhabited the shores ...
... tion was preserved in Colchis and Armenia , where he was said to have founded cities ; nay , he was even thought to have penetrated into Media . The river Par- thenia flowing into the Euxine , and the Halizones who inhabited the shores ...
Side 40
... the tropic ; and , besides , in all the authentic accounts re- maining to us of ancient navigators , fabrications of this kind recur without number ; the discoveries of expecta- tion 40 .BOOK I. GEOGRAPHY OF THE ANCIENTS .
... the tropic ; and , besides , in all the authentic accounts re- maining to us of ancient navigators , fabrications of this kind recur without number ; the discoveries of expecta- tion 40 .BOOK I. GEOGRAPHY OF THE ANCIENTS .
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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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