The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1833 |
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Side 13
... relates mythical traditions as readi- ly as facts ; and we shall find , as we proceed , that the bulk of these traditions always pointed to the Western Ocean . When the stream of mankind was flowing constantly towards the West , it is ...
... relates mythical traditions as readi- ly as facts ; and we shall find , as we proceed , that the bulk of these traditions always pointed to the Western Ocean . When the stream of mankind was flowing constantly towards the West , it is ...
Side 20
... relates from hearsay have become so many proofs of his veracity ; and if he occasionally betrays a credulity which cannot be justified , it must certainly be excused by those who consider what a value attached even to fictions in the ...
... relates from hearsay have become so many proofs of his veracity ; and if he occasionally betrays a credulity which cannot be justified , it must certainly be excused by those who consider what a value attached even to fictions in the ...
Side 29
... relates an anecdote to prove that the Nile flows from the west , which derives an interest from its relation to that which has proved the most difficult of all geographical problems . Five young Nasamones , travelling into the interior ...
... relates an anecdote to prove that the Nile flows from the west , which derives an interest from its relation to that which has proved the most difficult of all geographical problems . Five young Nasamones , travelling into the interior ...
Side 32
... relates with too much gravity what com- * Parva or parvat , in Sanscrit , signfies a mountain . The Sclavonian Hor- vat , Hrivat , Carpat , and Crapatsk , are , perhaps , not so much corruptions as old and coetaneous forms of the same ...
... relates with too much gravity what com- * Parva or parvat , in Sanscrit , signfies a mountain . The Sclavonian Hor- vat , Hrivat , Carpat , and Crapatsk , are , perhaps , not so much corruptions as old and coetaneous forms of the same ...
Side 39
... relates that on the shores of a certain bay , called Mentonomon , lived a people named Guttones , and at the distance of a day's voyage from their habitations was the island Abalus ( called by others Baltia ) , on which the sea threw ...
... relates that on the shores of a certain bay , called Mentonomon , lived a people named Guttones , and at the distance of a day's voyage from their habitations was the island Abalus ( called by others Baltia ) , on which the sea threw ...
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