Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations Relative to the Ancient Geographical Divisions, the Pure System of Primeval Theology, the Grand Code of Civil Laws, the Original Form of Government, the Widely-extended Commerce, and the Various Profound Literature, of Hindostan: Compared, Throughout, with the Religion, Laws, Government, and Literature, of Persia, Egypt, and Greece, the Whole Intended as Introductory to The History of Hindostan, Upon a Comprehensive Scale ...The Author, 1801 - India |
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Page 212
... coast of Africa , is the other . They were thought to be the extreme boundary of " Î13 voyage weltward , and the story of his opening these celebrated ftraits means only that he first explored them , and difcovered the paffage through ...
... coast of Africa , is the other . They were thought to be the extreme boundary of " Î13 voyage weltward , and the story of his opening these celebrated ftraits means only that he first explored them , and difcovered the paffage through ...
Page 222
... coast of Spain , to trace the gradual fteps which led to that Discovery DA JA 8 * See D'Anville's Ancient Geography , vol . i . p . 405 . buerg A SHORT A SHORT HISTORY OF THE COMMERCE ANCIENTEY CARRIED ON BETWEEN [ 222 ]
... coast of Spain , to trace the gradual fteps which led to that Discovery DA JA 8 * See D'Anville's Ancient Geography , vol . i . p . 405 . buerg A SHORT A SHORT HISTORY OF THE COMMERCE ANCIENTEY CARRIED ON BETWEEN [ 222 ]
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... coast of Africa ; but he , after making fome important discoveries , was compelled to return , from the failure of his provifions . He also wrote an account of his voyage , and a tract , bearing the name of the Periplus of Hanno , is ...
... coast of Africa ; but he , after making fome important discoveries , was compelled to return , from the failure of his provifions . He also wrote an account of his voyage , and a tract , bearing the name of the Periplus of Hanno , is ...
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Abury æra afferted Afia Afiatic aftronomical againſt alfo alſo ancient antiquity Brahmins Britain Britiſh called Carthage Carthaginians celebrated circumftance coaft colonies commerce confiderable confifting Cornwall courſe cuftom dæmon defcendants defcribed deity diftant Diodorus Diodorus Siculus Druids Eaft Egypt Egyptians erected eſpecially eſtabliſhed extenfive facred fame fays fcience feems feftival ferpent ferved fhall fhips fhore fhould filk filver fince firft firſt fituated flouriſhed folar fome formed fpecies ftate ftill ftones fubject fuch fuperftition fuppofed fyftem fymbol Gaul gold Greeks Gulph Hercules Herodotus hiftory hypothefis immenfe India inftance iſland itſelf leaſt lefs metal moft moſt muft muſt nation navigation neceffary northern obferved old Britons paffage paffed Perfian period Phoenicians Pliny prefent purpoſe race refpect regions Reſearches rites Sabian Sanfcreet Scythian Sir William Jones Stonehenge Strabo Stukeley temple thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion Tyre uſed vafes vaft veffels weft weſtern whofe whoſe worſhip