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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... known to exist from whence the form of the ancient coast of the Delta could be delineated , the Author could do no other than describe it under its present form . It is almost cer- tain that no considerable change can have taken place ...
... known to exist from whence the form of the ancient coast of the Delta could be delineated , the Author could do no other than describe it under its present form . It is almost cer- tain that no considerable change can have taken place ...
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... known to him ; to face . . 1 II . The same on a similar scale , but on a spherical pro- jection ; and with the countries in their just rela- tive positions and proportions 1 ✓ III . EUXINE or WESTERN SCYTHIA ; with the tribes or ...
... known to him ; to face . . 1 II . The same on a similar scale , but on a spherical pro- jection ; and with the countries in their just rela- tive positions and proportions 1 ✓ III . EUXINE or WESTERN SCYTHIA ; with the tribes or ...
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... known to him in Asia . It also shews the relative positions , and the extent , of the two Scythias ; and in the description of the latter , combines the ideas of the Russian and Chinese geographers , with those of Sherefeddin and ...
... known to him in Asia . It also shews the relative positions , and the extent , of the two Scythias ; and in the description of the latter , combines the ideas of the Russian and Chinese geographers , with those of Sherefeddin and ...
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... known , as ONE SINGLE CONTINENT : regarding Europe , Asia , and Africa , as nothing more than divisions of that continent . In effect , he does not attach any degree of importance to the question concerning the boundaries of these ...
... known , as ONE SINGLE CONTINENT : regarding Europe , Asia , and Africa , as nothing more than divisions of that continent . In effect , he does not attach any degree of importance to the question concerning the boundaries of these ...
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... known ; and yet , notwithstanding this deficiency , the proportion of space on the globe , known to Ptolemy , about 600 years after Herodotus , did not greatly exceed that , which was known , in a general way , to Herodotus himself ...
... known ; and yet , notwithstanding this deficiency , the proportion of space on the globe , known to Ptolemy , about 600 years after Herodotus , did not greatly exceed that , which was known , in a general way , to Herodotus himself ...
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