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. By William Vincent, D.D. To which are added three dissertations: Two, on the Acronychal Rising of the Pleiades, By the Right Reverend Dr. Samuel Horsley, Lord Bishop of Rochester; And by Mr. William Wales, Master of the Royal Mathematical School in Christ's Hospital: And One by Mr. DE LA Rochette, On the First Meridian of Ptolemy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arrian.

Standardized Title:

Indica. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Navigation--Early works to 1800.

Navigation.

Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800.

Voyages and travels.

Asia, Central--Historical geography--Early works to 1800.

Asia, Central.

Southeast Asia--Historical geography--Early works to 1800.

Southeast Asia.

Arrian. Indica--Early works to 1800.

Arrian.

Nearchus, of Crete, d. ca. 312 B.C--Early works to 1800.

Nearchus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv,[1],530,[2]p.,plates ) ill.,port.,maps ;

Other Title:

Voyage of Nearchus

Place of Publication:

London : printed for T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies (successors to Mr. Cadell) in the Strand, MDCCXCVII. [1797]

Notes:

With a final errata leaf.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T137592.

OCLC:

642405221