The voyage of Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates,
collected from the original journal preserved by Arrian, and illustrated by authorities ancient and modern ...
By William Vincent, D. D. To which are added three dissertations: two, on the acronychal rising of the Pleiades, by Dr. Samuel Horsley and by Mr. William Wales and one by Mr. De La Rochette, On the first meridian of Ptolemy.

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Main Author

Vincent, William, 1739-1815.

Related Names

La Rochette, ----- de.
Wales, William, 1734?-1798.
Horsley, Samuel, 1733-1806.

Language(s)

English

Published

London, T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, 1797.

Subjects

Arrian. > Arrian. / Indica.
Nearchus, > Nearchus, / of Crete, > Nearchus, / of Crete, / 4th cent. B.C.
Navigation > Navigation / History.
Voyages and travels.
Southeast Asia > Southeast Asia / Historical geography.
Asia, Central > Asia, Central / Historical geography.

Note

"The portrait of Alexander, from a coin in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. 1808," 4 p. and plate inserted following p. [284]
Published as v. 1 of his: The commerce and navigation of the ancients in the Indian Ocean. London, 1807.

Physical Description

xv, 530, [2] p. front., 6 maps (5 fold.) diagrs. 29 cm.

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