Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Asia, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time, Volume 1Archibald Constable and Company, 1820 - 517 pages |
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... voyage , they would be more conveniently attached to a history of discoveries in those regions , from which they could not be separated without awk- PREFACE . ix wardly dividing the narratives of some of viii PREFACE .
... voyage , they would be more conveniently attached to a history of discoveries in those regions , from which they could not be separated without awk- PREFACE . ix wardly dividing the narratives of some of viii PREFACE .
Page ix
... voyages of discovery performed along them , are not now introduced . Much valuable information may be found in Mr Barrow's Chronological Account of Arctic Voyages ; and Captain Burney has also re- cently devoted a work to this subject ...
... voyages of discovery performed along them , are not now introduced . Much valuable information may be found in Mr Barrow's Chronological Account of Arctic Voyages ; and Captain Burney has also re- cently devoted a work to this subject ...
Page xiii
... Voyage of Nearchus.- Seleucus . - Megasthenes . - Periplus of the Erythræan Sea . Great caravan route through Asia , Page 3 CHAPTER II . DISCOVERIES OF THE ARABIANS . Rise of the Mahommedan Power . - Arabian Geographers . -Their ...
... Voyage of Nearchus.- Seleucus . - Megasthenes . - Periplus of the Erythræan Sea . Great caravan route through Asia , Page 3 CHAPTER II . DISCOVERIES OF THE ARABIANS . Rise of the Mahommedan Power . - Arabian Geographers . -Their ...
Page xv
... VOYAGES ALONG THE SOUTHERN COASTS OF ASIA . Mendez Pinto . - Sharpey . - Middleton . - Grantham . - An- tonio Albuquerque , CHAPTER VII . 234 TRAVELS ACROSS THE CASPIAN TO PERSIA AND BOKHARA . Plan for an English Trade with the Caspian ...
... VOYAGES ALONG THE SOUTHERN COASTS OF ASIA . Mendez Pinto . - Sharpey . - Middleton . - Grantham . - An- tonio Albuquerque , CHAPTER VII . 234 TRAVELS ACROSS THE CASPIAN TO PERSIA AND BOKHARA . Plan for an English Trade with the Caspian ...
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... Voyage of Nearchus . - Seleucus .-- Megasthenes . - Periplus of the Erythraan Sea . - Great cara- van route through Asia . In comparing the two great divisions of the globe which attracted the early curiosity of Greece and Rome , Asia ...
... Voyage of Nearchus . - Seleucus .-- Megasthenes . - Periplus of the Erythraan Sea . - Great cara- van route through Asia . In comparing the two great divisions of the globe which attracted the early curiosity of Greece and Rome , Asia ...
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