On Some Disputed Questions of Ancient GeographyJohn Murray, 1857 - 128 էջ |
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... " the improbability of this story is not by any means fully established ( ii . p . 177 ) . In Dr. Smith's Dictionary of Bio- raphy under the head Necho , ' the circumnaviga- . B " " tion is mentioned as an accomplished fact . As other.
... " the improbability of this story is not by any means fully established ( ii . p . 177 ) . In Dr. Smith's Dictionary of Bio- raphy under the head Necho , ' the circumnaviga- . B " " tion is mentioned as an accomplished fact . As other.
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William Martin Leake. tion is mentioned as an accomplished fact . As other opinions might be adduced , favourable to its admis- sion into history , particularly that of T. H. D. in the article ' Phoenicia ' ( ii . p . 617 ) , and that of ...
William Martin Leake. tion is mentioned as an accomplished fact . As other opinions might be adduced , favourable to its admis- sion into history , particularly that of T. H. D. in the article ' Phoenicia ' ( ii . p . 617 ) , and that of ...
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... fact , his only serious detention by weather was owing to his having quitted the Indus too early , and having in conse- quence been detained by the south - westerly monsoon 24 days at no great distance from the river's mouth . The ...
... fact , his only serious detention by weather was owing to his having quitted the Indus too early , and having in conse- quence been detained by the south - westerly monsoon 24 days at no great distance from the river's mouth . The ...
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... fact , and consequently must have disbelieved the report of Herodotus . The judicious and inquiring Polybius , who had himself been employed on a voyage of discovery on the western coast of Africa , expressly states that it never had ...
... fact , and consequently must have disbelieved the report of Herodotus . The judicious and inquiring Polybius , who had himself been employed on a voyage of discovery on the western coast of Africa , expressly states that it never had ...
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... fact , and he instances the orator Lycurgus , who says , " Who has not heard that Troy has remained uninhabited since it was de- stroyed by the Greeks ? ” ( Τίς οὐκ ακήκοεν , ὡς ἅπαξ ὑπὸ Ἑλλήνων κατεσκάφη , ἀοίκητον οὖσαν ; The “ fuit ...
... fact , and he instances the orator Lycurgus , who says , " Who has not heard that Troy has remained uninhabited since it was de- stroyed by the Greeks ? ” ( Τίς οὐκ ακήκοεν , ὡς ἅπαξ ὑπὸ Ἑλλήνων κατεσκάφη , ἀοίκητον οὖσαν ; The “ fuit ...
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