The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1830 |
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... wonderful things , and a prodigious quantity of gold . " He had heard of the long winters ' nights of the North , but could not believe that the people who lived beyond the Massagetæ slept six months in the year . The cold of winter ...
... wonderful things , and a prodigious quantity of gold . " He had heard of the long winters ' nights of the North , but could not believe that the people who lived beyond the Massagetæ slept six months in the year . The cold of winter ...
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... wonderful moun- tain is described to be 84,000 yojans high , 32,000 wide at the top , and only 16,000 at the bottom . Some sects , however , believe it to resemble an erect pyramid ; some make it cubical , and others drum - shaped . At ...
... wonderful moun- tain is described to be 84,000 yojans high , 32,000 wide at the top , and only 16,000 at the bottom . Some sects , however , believe it to resemble an erect pyramid ; some make it cubical , and others drum - shaped . At ...
Side 177
... wonderful baths are in a valley to the east of the city called El Hosainiya . The struc- ture in which they are embraced is evidently of great antiquity , and is said to have been built by Solomon . It consists of a pile of building ...
... wonderful baths are in a valley to the east of the city called El Hosainiya . The struc- ture in which they are embraced is evidently of great antiquity , and is said to have been built by Solomon . It consists of a pile of building ...
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The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1 William Desborough Cooley Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1830 |
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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