The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1833 |
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Side 17
... situated between the Western Ocean and the Cronian Sea . The old bard mentions in general terms the gloom of the Cimmerian land , which never enjoys the beams of day ; the poet of the Argonauts ventures to ex- plain the cause of this ...
... situated between the Western Ocean and the Cronian Sea . The old bard mentions in general terms the gloom of the Cimmerian land , which never enjoys the beams of day ; the poet of the Argonauts ventures to ex- plain the cause of this ...
Side 19
... situated in the West beyond the bounds of their actual knowledge , and as it appears , of too fugitive a nature to be ever fixed within the circle of authentic geography . Homer describes at the extremity of the Ocean the Elysian plain ...
... situated in the West beyond the bounds of their actual knowledge , and as it appears , of too fugitive a nature to be ever fixed within the circle of authentic geography . Homer describes at the extremity of the Ocean the Elysian plain ...
Side 22
... situated to the east of the Tanais , have probably left their name to the river Yrgis . The Scythians did not appear to the discriminating Greek as barbarians ; on the contrary , he commends them as an up right and civilized nation ...
... situated to the east of the Tanais , have probably left their name to the river Yrgis . The Scythians did not appear to the discriminating Greek as barbarians ; on the contrary , he commends them as an up right and civilized nation ...
Side 28
... situated in an oasis at the distance of ten days ' journey to the west of Thebes in Upper Egypt : at an equal distance beyond the temple of Ammon was Augila , another oasis abounding in springs and date trees : another journey of ten ...
... situated in an oasis at the distance of ten days ' journey to the west of Thebes in Upper Egypt : at an equal distance beyond the temple of Ammon was Augila , another oasis abounding in springs and date trees : another journey of ten ...
Side 37
... situated six days ' sail within Albion , suits better with Ireland than with the Scilly islands . As to the account of tin being brought from it is of little con- sequence , as the Greeks adopted every supposition that could solve the ...
... situated six days ' sail within Albion , suits better with Ireland than with the Scilly islands . As to the account of tin being brought from it is of little con- sequence , as the Greeks adopted every supposition that could solve the ...
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