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Periplus; an essay on the early history of charts and sailing directions / tr. from the Swedish original by Francis A. Bather. With numerous reproductions of old charts and maps.
LIBRA Folio 912 N753.EB
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nordenskiöld, A. E. (Adolf Erik), 1832-1901.
- Language:
- English
- Swedish
- Subjects (All):
- Early maps.
- Cartography--History.
- Cartography.
- History.
- Charts, diagrams, etc.
- Navigation--History.
- Navigation.
- Physical Description:
- 208 pages, 60 double plates including 234 maps, illustrations ; 51 x 34 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Burt Franklin, [1962?]
- Notes:
- Facsimile reprint of original ed. of 1897.
- Translation of Periplus; utkast till [sjöböckernas ällsta historia.
- "The Periplus may be regarded as a second volume to the [author's] Facsimile-atlas [to the early history of cartography]"--Pref.
- Sailing directions for the northern seas. By E.W. Dahlgren": p.101-110.
- Bibliographical footnotes.
- OCLC:
- 80579066
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