The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1833 |
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... Indus . - Næarchus em- barks . Suffers great Hardships . - Imagines himself at the Equator . - The Greeks dismayed at the Appearance of a Whale . - Famished in the midst of Turtle . - Successful Termination of the Voyage ...
... Indus . - Næarchus em- barks . Suffers great Hardships . - Imagines himself at the Equator . - The Greeks dismayed at the Appearance of a Whale . - Famished in the midst of Turtle . - Successful Termination of the Voyage ...
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... Indus . " The greater part of Asia , " he tells us , " was discovered by Darius . That prince wishing to know into what part of the sea the river Indus falls , ( the only river besides the Nile in which crocodiles are found ) , sent ...
... Indus . " The greater part of Asia , " he tells us , " was discovered by Darius . That prince wishing to know into what part of the sea the river Indus falls , ( the only river besides the Nile in which crocodiles are found ) , sent ...
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... Indus . - Næarchus em- barks . - Suffers great Hardships . - Imagines himself at the Equator . - The Greeks dismayed at the Appearance of a Whale . - Famished in the midst of Turtle . Successful Termination of the Voyage ...
... Indus . - Næarchus em- barks . - Suffers great Hardships . - Imagines himself at the Equator . - The Greeks dismayed at the Appearance of a Whale . - Famished in the midst of Turtle . Successful Termination of the Voyage ...
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... Indus at Tax- ila ( the city of the Tacs ) , by some supposed to be the modern Attock , he shortly after entered the country of the Penj - ab , or Five Rivers , so called from the tributary waters which flow through it to the Indus ...
... Indus at Tax- ila ( the city of the Tacs ) , by some supposed to be the modern Attock , he shortly after entered the country of the Penj - ab , or Five Rivers , so called from the tributary waters which flow through it to the Indus ...
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... Indus and of the coasts westward to- wards Persia being resolved upon , a fleet of eight hundred vessels was collected and entrusted to the command of Næar- chus . Nicæa , on the Hydaspes , about 800 miles from the sea , was the point ...
... Indus and of the coasts westward to- wards Persia being resolved upon , a fleet of eight hundred vessels was collected and entrusted to the command of Næar- chus . Nicæa , on the Hydaspes , about 800 miles from the sea , was the point ...
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The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1 William Desborough Cooley Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1830 |
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