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... Merchants in numbers visited the island ; but so great in those days was insular jealousy in Britain , that strangers durst not venture thither who had not evi- dently the excuse of traffic . The Gauls , it appears , had but little ...
... Merchants in numbers visited the island ; but so great in those days was insular jealousy in Britain , that strangers durst not venture thither who had not evi- dently the excuse of traffic . The Gauls , it appears , had but little ...
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... merchants ; but it is difficult at the present day to form an adequate idea of the copiousness of his materials from the few geographical treatises which have escaped the wreck of antiquity . The Romans were by no means remiss in ac ...
... merchants ; but it is difficult at the present day to form an adequate idea of the copiousness of his materials from the few geographical treatises which have escaped the wreck of antiquity . The Romans were by no means remiss in ac ...
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... merchants , are never sea- men , it is probable that the Arabians were always em- ployed by them in the latter capacity . Indeed as far back as authentic history conducts us , we can discern traces of Arabian navigation in the Indian ...
... merchants , are never sea- men , it is probable that the Arabians were always em- ployed by them in the latter capacity . Indeed as far back as authentic history conducts us , we can discern traces of Arabian navigation in the Indian ...
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The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1 William Desborough Cooley Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1830 |
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The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1 William Desborough Cooley Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1830 |
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