The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1833 |
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Side v
... Ocean and Land of Darkness . - The wandering Isles . - Scylla , Charybdis , and the Sirens . - Si- culi and Sicani . - Trinacria . - Homer actually ignorant of the West . - Hesiod . -King Latinus . - The Eridanus . - Argonautic ...
... Ocean and Land of Darkness . - The wandering Isles . - Scylla , Charybdis , and the Sirens . - Si- culi and Sicani . - Trinacria . - Homer actually ignorant of the West . - Hesiod . -King Latinus . - The Eridanus . - Argonautic ...
Side vi
... Ocean . - Sails from Gades . - His Misfortunes . - Repeats the Attempt . - His Fate and Character - 43 CHAP . VI . THE GREEKS CONTINUED . The Roman Conquests . - Strabo . - His Knowledge of the West . - The Tur detani in Spain ...
... Ocean . - Sails from Gades . - His Misfortunes . - Repeats the Attempt . - His Fate and Character - 43 CHAP . VI . THE GREEKS CONTINUED . The Roman Conquests . - Strabo . - His Knowledge of the West . - The Tur detani in Spain ...
Side vii
... 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 Embassy to China . - The Name of Silk . - Of ...
... 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 Embassy to China . - The Name of Silk . - Of ...
Side 6
... ocean , which was again enclosed by the clouds of hea- ven . Such are the opinions expressed by Job , the sublimest of all poets . " He hath compassed the waters with bounds , until ( in the places where ) the day and night come to an ...
... ocean , which was again enclosed by the clouds of hea- ven . Such are the opinions expressed by Job , the sublimest of all poets . " He hath compassed the waters with bounds , until ( in the places where ) the day and night come to an ...
Side 7
... ocean , and at the same time navigated the Euxine Sea and the Ara- bian Gulf . Their geographical knowledge must , therefore , have been extensive ; yet the illiberal jealousy which induced them to conceal their discoveries has thrown a ...
... ocean , and at the same time navigated the Euxine Sea and the Ara- bian Gulf . Their geographical knowledge must , therefore , have been extensive ; yet the illiberal jealousy which induced them to conceal their discoveries has thrown a ...
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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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