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Side vii
... Asia and Africa to unite in the Southern Ocean . - The Sinæ and the Seres must have been the Chinese . - The Silk Trade . - Allusion to the Tatars . - The Stone Tower in the Belurtag . - Testimonies of the Chinese Writers . - Roman ...
... Asia and Africa to unite in the Southern Ocean . - The Sinæ and the Seres must have been the Chinese . - The Silk Trade . - Allusion to the Tatars . - The Stone Tower in the Belurtag . - Testimonies of the Chinese Writers . - Roman ...
Side x
... Asia . - Balkh . - Balaxia . - Cashmeer.- Sar- tam . - Desert of Lop . - Haunted by evil Spirits . - Their malicious Arts.- Tangut . - Manners of the Tatars . - Interment of the Khans . - The Yak.- Pavilion of the Khan . - His white ...
... Asia . - Balkh . - Balaxia . - Cashmeer.- Sar- tam . - Desert of Lop . - Haunted by evil Spirits . - Their malicious Arts.- Tangut . - Manners of the Tatars . - Interment of the Khans . - The Yak.- Pavilion of the Khan . - His white ...
Side 4
... Asia , boast the same descent . Their own traditions accord in this respect with the Mosaic history ; and indeed the affinities of language , which are still evident among all the nations of the Japetian family , fully confirm the ...
... Asia , boast the same descent . Their own traditions accord in this respect with the Mosaic history ; and indeed the affinities of language , which are still evident among all the nations of the Japetian family , fully confirm the ...
Side 19
... Asia Minor , and the islands . Beyond these limits all objects appear in the prismatic hues of wonder and enchantment ; we find nothing but monsters , nations of dreams , and the abodes of bliss . These delusive forms were chiefly ...
... Asia Minor , and the islands . Beyond these limits all objects appear in the prismatic hues of wonder and enchantment ; we find nothing but monsters , nations of dreams , and the abodes of bliss . These delusive forms were chiefly ...
Side 24
... Asia , should have maintained a connection with a nation belonging to the same great family of mankind . But it may be asked , who were the Scythians ? Can the Scythian words preserved by Herodotus , arimasp , one - eyed , and oiarpata ...
... Asia , should have maintained a connection with a nation belonging to the same great family of mankind . But it may be asked , who were the Scythians ? Can the Scythian words preserved by Herodotus , arimasp , one - eyed , and oiarpata ...
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The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1 William Desborough Cooley Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1830 |
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