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Author : William Desborough Cooley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Africa
ISBN : HARVARD:32044012624292
Author : William Desborough Cooley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:491961422
Author : William Desborough Cooley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 1330838645
Excerpt from Claudius Ptolemy and the Nile: Or an Inquiry Into That Geographer's Real Merits and Speculative Errors His Knowledge of Eastern Africa and the Authenticity of the Mountains of the Moon Until ancient geography shall have undergone a through reformation, such as Niebuhr effected in Roman History, and be reconstructed on grounds strictly rational and authentic, it will not possess the precision and solidity of which it is capable, and without which it must ever remain a barren spot in the field of knowledge. It is in the earliest ages that the geographical element of history has most importance. Man then depends more on nature than on events. Allusions to trade and intercourse, handed down from ancient times, reveal the necessary steps of advancing civilization. They are intrinsically more definite and certain; point more plainly to cause and effect; and deal less with casualty than the records of war and conquest. But they are too essentially real to bear corruption. The narrative of events may not be the less captivating, or lees generally accepted, because it has been moulded into a romance. In the description of the transitory scenes of life, we may be, and often are, satisfied with verisimilitude; but in every reference to permanent nature we must have the truth, and geographical statements deficient in recognizable truth, soon become unintelligible, and consequently worthless. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : William Desborough Cooley
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 052617790X
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Charles Tilstone Beke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Africa, Eastern
ISBN : HARVARD:32044088662200
Author : William Desborough Cooley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1298280974
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Charles Tilstone Beke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Nile River
ISBN : HARVARD:32044088662218
Author : Charles BEKE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BDM:13020100015555
Author : Kostas Buraselis,Mary Stefanou,Dorothy J. Thompson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107355514
With its emphasis on the dynasty's concern for control of the sea – both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea – and the Nile, this book offers a new and original perspective on Ptolemaic power in a key period of Hellenistic history. Within the developing Aegean empire of the Ptolemies, the role of the navy is examined together with that of its admirals. Egypt's close relationship to Rhodes is subjected to scrutiny, as is the constant threat of piracy to the transport of goods on the Nile and by sea. Along with the trade in grain came the exchange of other products. Ptolemaic kings used their wealth for luxury ships and the dissemination of royal portraiture was accompanied by royal cult. Alexandria, the new capital of Egypt, attracted poets, scholars and even philosophers; geographical exploration by sea was a feature of the period and observations of the time enjoyed a long afterlife.
Author : Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong,Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 3382 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780195382075
From the Pharaohs to Fanon, Dictionary of African Biography provides a comprehensive overview of the lives of the men and women who shaped Africa's history. Unprecedented in scale, DAB covers the whole continent from Tunisia to South Africa, from Sierra Leone to Somalia. It also encompasses the full scope of history from Queen Hatsheput of Egypt (1490-1468 BC) and Hannibal, the military commander and strategist of Carthage (243-183 BC), to Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana (1909-1972), Miriam Makeba and Nelson Mandela of South Africa (1918 -).
Author : Ptolemy,J. Lennart Berggren,Alexander Jones
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0691092591
Ptolemy's Geography is the only book on cartography to have survived from the classical period and one of the most influential scientific works of all time. Written in the second century AD, for more than fifteen centuries it was the most detailed topography of Europe and Asia available and the best reference on how to gather data and draw maps. Ptolemy championed the use of astronomical observation and applied mathematics in determining geographical locations. But more importantly, he introduced the practice of writing down coordinates of latitude and longitude for every feature drawn on a world map, so that someone else possessing only the text of the Geography could reproduce Ptolemy's map at any time, in whole or in part, at any scale. Here Berggren and Jones render an exemplary translation of the Geography and provide a thorough introduction, which treats the historical and technical background of Ptolemy's work, the contents of the Geography, and the later history of the work.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z181963609
Author : sir John Bowring
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555023776
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000013527
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PSU:000066661504
