The Geography System of Herodotus Examined and Explained, by a Comparison with Those of Other Ancient Authors, and with Modern Geography ...C.J.G. & F. Rivington, 1830 |
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... Caspian sea was a lake , and describes it as such ; but this was afterwards either forgotten , or the opinion was overruled : and from the date of Alexander's expedition , to Ptolemy , the Caspian passed for a gulf of the Northern ocean ...
... Caspian sea was a lake , and describes it as such ; but this was afterwards either forgotten , or the opinion was overruled : and from the date of Alexander's expedition , to Ptolemy , the Caspian passed for a gulf of the Northern ocean ...
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... Caspian sea , as being unconnected with all others , ( in effect a lake ) he says , that the Erythrean sea , and the one frequented by the Greeks , as well as the Atlantic , are parts 13 PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS . 11.
... Caspian sea , as being unconnected with all others , ( in effect a lake ) he says , that the Erythrean sea , and the one frequented by the Greeks , as well as the Atlantic , are parts 13 PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS . 11.
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... Caspian sea was sup- posed by Herodotus to be opposite to the coast of the Persian Icthyophagi ; and the sea of Colchis to that of Persia : and these errors existed not only in the days of Herodotus , but continued to those of ...
... Caspian sea was sup- posed by Herodotus to be opposite to the coast of the Persian Icthyophagi ; and the sea of Colchis to that of Persia : and these errors existed not only in the days of Herodotus , but continued to those of ...
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... Caspian Strait , see Gosselin , p . 64 , is 10,000 stadia . We measure on the map , 760 G. miles direct , which at 700 to a degree , produce only 8860 stades . Hence there is a deficiency of 1140 : and it appears that the road dis ...
... Caspian Strait , see Gosselin , p . 64 , is 10,000 stadia . We measure on the map , 760 G. miles direct , which at 700 to a degree , produce only 8860 stades . Hence there is a deficiency of 1140 : and it appears that the road dis ...
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... Caspian and Jaxartes . The latter was again subdivided into two parts , by the chain of Imaus , a branch projecting northward from the Indian Caucasus and which subdivisions were , from that circumstance , distin- guished by EUROPE . 61.
... Caspian and Jaxartes . The latter was again subdivided into two parts , by the chain of Imaus , a branch projecting northward from the Indian Caucasus and which subdivisions were , from that circumstance , distin- guished by EUROPE . 61.
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