On Some Disputed Questions of Ancient GeographyJohn Murray, 1857 - 128 էջ |
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... tion of the countries by competent persons , travelling for geographical purposes . But D'Anville unfortunately placed too much reliance upon the geometrical capacity and attain- ments of the Greeks and Romans ; he relied too much on ...
... tion of the countries by competent persons , travelling for geographical purposes . But D'Anville unfortunately placed too much reliance upon the geometrical capacity and attain- ments of the Greeks and Romans ; he relied too much on ...
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... 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.
... 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 ' Phœnicia ' ( 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 ' Phœnicia ' ( ii . p . 617 ) , and that of ...
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... tion of 17,500 geographical or nautical miles , giving a mean daily rate of about 20 miles . This seems by no means an impossible rate , when we find about 35 miles to be the usual computed day's sail of the Greeks , until we consider 1 ...
... tion of 17,500 geographical or nautical miles , giving a mean daily rate of about 20 miles . This seems by no means an impossible rate , when we find about 35 miles to be the usual computed day's sail of the Greeks , until we consider 1 ...
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... tion by Stephanus of an " Argos in Macedonia as well as Argos Oresticum " arises from an obvious error in the text of Stephanus , in voce " Apyos , where he enumerates the cities of this name , and where instead of ἑβδόμη κατὰ ...
... tion by Stephanus of an " Argos in Macedonia as well as Argos Oresticum " arises from an obvious error in the text of Stephanus , in voce " Apyos , where he enumerates the cities of this name , and where instead of ἑβδόμη κατὰ ...
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