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Side viii
... Ports . - First mention made of Tea . Chi- nese eat human Flesh . - Strangers in China . - Canfu . - Uses of the Cocoa nut Tree . - Kings of India . - The Unicorn . - Sogdiana . - The Alans . - Khazars . ~~ The Fossil Ivory of Bulgar ...
... Ports . - First mention made of Tea . Chi- nese eat human Flesh . - Strangers in China . - Canfu . - Uses of the Cocoa nut Tree . - Kings of India . - The Unicorn . - Sogdiana . - The Alans . - Khazars . ~~ The Fossil Ivory of Bulgar ...
Side xi
... Port of Zaitun .--- Manufacture of Porcelain .--- Cannibals in Chi- na .-- Thibet .--- Method of Frightening wild ... Ports .--- Madagas- car . The Rokh .-- Abyssinia .--- The North of Europe .-- Merits of Marco Polo . The Missionaries ...
... Port of Zaitun .--- Manufacture of Porcelain .--- Cannibals in Chi- na .-- Thibet .--- Method of Frightening wild ... Ports .--- Madagas- car . The Rokh .-- Abyssinia .--- The North of Europe .-- Merits of Marco Polo . The Missionaries ...
Side 26
... port from which the Phoenicians embarked , who circumnavigated Libya by order of the king of Egypt . " When Herodotus speaks of the Indus flowing towards the east , it is evident that his know- ledge of that river did not extend beyond ...
... port from which the Phoenicians embarked , who circumnavigated Libya by order of the king of Egypt . " When Herodotus speaks of the Indus flowing towards the east , it is evident that his know- ledge of that river did not extend beyond ...
Side 52
... port of Malabar ; but all other ancient writers extend the voyage to a much greater length . These incongruities are , for the most part , capable of satis- factory explanation . It is known that Ceylon was invaded by the Gangetic ...
... port of Malabar ; but all other ancient writers extend the voyage to a much greater length . These incongruities are , for the most part , capable of satis- factory explanation . It is known that Ceylon was invaded by the Gangetic ...
Side 53
... ports . The exporta- tion of elephants to the Calingas , was carried on in the first century in precisely the same manner as at the present day . Nay , those southern islanders , whom the Greeks called Antich- thones , or antipodes ...
... ports . The exporta- tion of elephants to the Calingas , was carried on in the first century in precisely the same manner as at the present day . Nay , those southern islanders , whom the Greeks called Antich- thones , or antipodes ...
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The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1 William Desborough Cooley Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1830 |
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