Works, Volume 38Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 188
... journey of four months and fourteen days , for it was not to be supposed that travelling should have gone on without inter- mission all that time . And as regards this seven months ' journey the same consideration will apply even more ...
... journey of four months and fourteen days , for it was not to be supposed that travelling should have gone on without inter- mission all that time . And as regards this seven months ' journey the same consideration will apply even more ...
Page 189
... journey , they made a wonder about the length of time it had occupied . CHAPTER XII . " For these reasons , and because the journey was not really upon one parallel ( the Stone Tower being in the latitude of Byzantium , whilst Sera is ...
... journey , they made a wonder about the length of time it had occupied . CHAPTER XII . " For these reasons , and because the journey was not really upon one parallel ( the Stone Tower being in the latitude of Byzantium , whilst Sera is ...
Page 293
... journey . Every day's journey is reckoned at so many farsenc , and one Persian farsenc is three of our miles . And a day's journey may be taken at eight farsencs , * but in case of deserts and mountains they will not do half as much ...
... journey . Every day's journey is reckoned at so many farsenc , and one Persian farsenc is three of our miles . And a day's journey may be taken at eight farsencs , * but in case of deserts and mountains they will not do half as much ...
Contents
Dedication and Preface | 1 |
late and then in the forms Thin Thinae Sinae | 8 |
the indication of the Chinese empire from the landward Inferior | 13 |
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