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035 $a(OCoLC)4744178
040 $aDLC$cWU$dDLC
041 1 $aenggrclat$hgrc
050 00 $aG82$b.V5
100 1 $aVincent, William,$d1739-1815.
245 14 $aThe commerce and navigation of the ancients in the Indian Ocean /$cby William Vincent.
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted for T. Cadell and W. Davies,$c1807$f(Strahan and Preston)
300 $a2 v. :$bfronts. (ports.), maps, tables, diagrs. ;$c30 cm.
500 $aVol. 1 first issued in 1797 under title: The voyage of Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates; v. 2 first issued in two parts, 1800-05, under title: The Periplus of the Erythrean Sea.
505 0 $aI. 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; containing an account of the first navigation attempted by Europeans in the Indian Ocean. To which are added, three dissertations: two, on the acronychal rising of the Pleiades, by the Right Reverend Dr. Samuel Horsley and by Mr. William Wales and one by M. de La Rochette, On the first meridian of Ptolemy. II. The Periplus of the Erythrean Sea, containing an account of the navigation of the ancients: pt. 1. From the sea of Suez to the coast of Zanguebar. With dissertations. pt. 2. From the Gulph of Elana in the Red Sea, to the island of Ceylon. With dissertations. Appendix: Containing a catalogue of the articles of commerce in the Periplus, corrected, enlarged, and compared with the articles enumerated in the Digest of the Roman law, relating to the imports and exports at Alexandria.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
500 $aErrata: v. 1, p. [580]
650 0 $aGeography, Ancient$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aClassical geography$vEarly works to 1800.
651 0 $aIndian Ocean$xNavigation$vEarly works to 1800.
600 00 $aNearchus,$cof Crete,$d-approximately 312 B.C.$xTravel.
600 00 $aArrian.$tIndica.
630 00 $aPeriplus maris Erythræi.
650 0 $aNavigation$xHistory$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aCommerce$xHistory$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aNavigation$zIndian Ocean$vEarly works to 1800.
700 1 $aHorsley, Samuel,$d1733-1806.
700 1 $aWales, William,$d1734-1798.
740 02 $aVoyage of Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates.
740 02 $aPeriplus of the Erythrean Sea.