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Side vi
... Ceylon . -His Remarks on the People . - Taprobane or Ceylon variously described.- Accounts of the Ancients reconciled . - The Names of that Island . - Com- merce between Egypt and the East . - Geography flourished in the commer- cial ...
... Ceylon . -His Remarks on the People . - Taprobane or Ceylon variously described.- Accounts of the Ancients reconciled . - The Names of that Island . - Com- merce between Egypt and the East . - Geography flourished in the commer- cial ...
Side ix
... Ceylon . -Ascends Adam's Peak . - King of the Monkeys . - Embarks at Coulan . - Cap- tured by Pirates . - Returns to the Maldives . - Visits Bengal , Sumatra , Tawalisi . Arrives in China . - Paper Money . - Gog and Magog . - El Khansa ...
... Ceylon . -Ascends Adam's Peak . - King of the Monkeys . - Embarks at Coulan . - Cap- tured by Pirates . - Returns to the Maldives . - Visits Bengal , Sumatra , Tawalisi . Arrives in China . - Paper Money . - Gog and Magog . - El Khansa ...
Side xi
... Ceylon . - The King's Ruby .--- Manners of the Hindoos .--- St . Thomas .-- Arabian Ports .--- Madagas- car . The Rokh .-- Abyssinia .--- The North of Europe .-- Merits of Marco Polo . The Missionaries .--- John de Montecorvino visits ...
... Ceylon . - The King's Ruby .--- Manners of the Hindoos .--- St . Thomas .-- Arabian Ports .--- Madagas- car . The Rokh .-- Abyssinia .--- The North of Europe .-- Merits of Marco Polo . The Missionaries .--- John de Montecorvino visits ...
Side 4
... Ceylon , may be considered as derived from this common ancestor . The Turkish nation also , occupying the elevated countries of central Asia , boast the same descent . Their own traditions accord in this respect with the Mosaic history ...
... Ceylon , may be considered as derived from this common ancestor . The Turkish nation also , occupying the elevated countries of central Asia , boast the same descent . Their own traditions accord in this respect with the Mosaic history ...
Side 42
... Ceylon , and Phebol , which is generally supposed to be Madagascar ; but which , as Saibala is an Indian name , ought , perhaps , to be look- ed for more towards the east . Aristotle had many scholars who devoted themselves to geo ...
... Ceylon , and Phebol , which is generally supposed to be Madagascar ; but which , as Saibala is an Indian name , ought , perhaps , to be look- ed for more towards the east . Aristotle had many scholars who devoted themselves to geo ...
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The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1 William Desborough Cooley Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1830 |
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