Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Asia: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time, Volume 1Constable, 1820 - 517 pages |
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Page vii
... Arabian and the Indian remain the same , outwardly and inwardly , as under Darius and Alexander . Asia , therefore , presents to us , man , not only as he now exists , but as he has been in many former ages . As there is no continent ...
... Arabian and the Indian remain the same , outwardly and inwardly , as under Darius and Alexander . Asia , therefore , presents to us , man , not only as he now exists , but as he has been in many former ages . As there is no continent ...
Page xiii
... ARABIANS . Rise of the Mahommedan Power . - Arabian Geographers . -Their Description of the Countries upon the Oxus and Jaxartes . - India . - China . - The two Mahommedan Tra- vellers . - Benjamin of Tudela , 51 BOOK I. GENERAL TRAVELS ...
... ARABIANS . Rise of the Mahommedan Power . - Arabian Geographers . -Their Description of the Countries upon the Oxus and Jaxartes . - India . - China . - The two Mahommedan Tra- vellers . - Benjamin of Tudela , 51 BOOK I. GENERAL TRAVELS ...
Page xvi
... Arabians.— Crusades . Tartary . - Karrakorum . - Portuguese Navi- gators . Early Modern Geographers . - The Russians.- Chinese Missionaries . - Recent British Missions , 470 ERRATA . VOL . I. Page 82 , line 13 xvi CONTENTS .
... Arabians.— Crusades . Tartary . - Karrakorum . - Portuguese Navi- gators . Early Modern Geographers . - The Russians.- Chinese Missionaries . - Recent British Missions , 470 ERRATA . VOL . I. Page 82 , line 13 xvi CONTENTS .
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... Arabian Gulf ; an expedition fully equal to the circumnaviga- tion of the globe in the time of Magellan . We are equally destitute of any particulars respect- ing this remarkable voyage . The India of Da- rius appears only to have ...
... Arabian Gulf ; an expedition fully equal to the circumnaviga- tion of the globe in the time of Magellan . We are equally destitute of any particulars respect- ing this remarkable voyage . The India of Da- rius appears only to have ...
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... Arabian or Indian navigators . The imports from Europe to these different Indian ports were nearly uniform . Then , as afterwards , bullion appears to have been the staple , and was in particular demand at Nelkyn- da , probably with the ...
... Arabian or Indian navigators . The imports from Europe to these different Indian ports were nearly uniform . Then , as afterwards , bullion appears to have been the staple , and was in particular demand at Nelkyn- da , probably with the ...
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