Volume 2

The commerce and navigation of the ancients in the Indian Ocean / By William Vincent.

  • William Vincent
Date:
1807
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Credit: The commerce and navigation of the ancients in the Indian Ocean / By William Vincent. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    818/846 page 768
    ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. ‘ 4 Ῥ, 38. line 19. The sun rises like a column.—This phenomenon is noticed by Gentil near Socotra, Tom.ii. p. 728. Le soleil....,....i1 semble voir la. plus superbe colonne d’or qui s’etend depuis l’endroit ou le soleil se leve jusq’au bord du Vaisseau. 113. Note, line ult. for ὑμογλώθους read ὁμογλώσσου:. 177. Note, line 11. for νοχθήµέρος read νυχθήµερος. 101. Circumnavigation of Africa.—M. Gentil, tom. ii. p. 801. supposes it pos- sible for ancient ships to have got round the Cape by adhering to the shore: but, tom. ii. 766. he writes, C’est au Cap de bonne Esperance que l’on trouve les plus gros mers connues du Globe. 315. line 16. for χυδωία read χνδάια. oP If there be any other errors, the Author trusts they are such only as will suggest their proper eorrections 5 but he is aware that his references may be objected to, in some few instances, as made to different editions of the same work. This he is necessitated to acknowledge, chiefly in regard to Pliny, Salmasius, and Bruce ; but he was not always possessed of the same edition, and the Indexes will supply what may be requisite. INDEX.
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