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Side vii
... HINDOOS , AND ITS CONNECTION WITH GRECIAN MYTHS . Mount Meru . - The Seven Dwipas or Islands . - The Quarters of the Heavens , how named . - The White Island of the West : its triple Nature . - Gold , Sil- ver , and Iron Mountains ...
... HINDOOS , AND ITS CONNECTION WITH GRECIAN MYTHS . Mount Meru . - The Seven Dwipas or Islands . - The Quarters of the Heavens , how named . - The White Island of the West : its triple Nature . - Gold , Sil- ver , and Iron Mountains ...
Side xi
... Hindoos .--- St . Thomas .-- Arabian Ports .--- Madagas- car . The Rokh .-- Abyssinia .--- The North of Europe .-- Merits of Marco Polo . The Missionaries .--- John de Montecorvino visits Persia and India .--- Pro- ceeds to China ...
... Hindoos .--- St . Thomas .-- Arabian Ports .--- Madagas- car . The Rokh .-- Abyssinia .--- The North of Europe .-- Merits of Marco Polo . The Missionaries .--- John de Montecorvino visits Persia and India .--- Pro- ceeds to China ...
Side 13
... Hindoos . • Among the strange nations with which Ulysses became ac- quainted in his wanderings , the Phæacians deserve a moment's attention . It appears that they were much more refined and industrious than the Greeks ; that they were ...
... Hindoos . • Among the strange nations with which Ulysses became ac- quainted in his wanderings , the Phæacians deserve a moment's attention . It appears that they were much more refined and industrious than the Greeks ; that they were ...
Side 26
... Hindoo ) differed from the Ethiopians of Africa by the smoothness of their hair . This distinction of eastern and western ... Hindoos from animal food did not escape the notice of our author , nor the disso- lute manners and cruelty into ...
... Hindoo ) differed from the Ethiopians of Africa by the smoothness of their hair . This distinction of eastern and western ... Hindoos from animal food did not escape the notice of our author , nor the disso- lute manners and cruelty into ...
Side 50
... Hindoos , should be led into the belief that apes are but an inferior variety of man . The monkey tribe has good reason to complain of be- ing calumniated as well as harshly treated by mankind . Kept in solitary confinement , to which ...
... Hindoos , should be led into the belief that apes are but an inferior variety of man . The monkey tribe has good reason to complain of be- ing calumniated as well as harshly treated by mankind . Kept in solitary confinement , to which ...
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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 - 1830 |
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