Download or read book Claudius Ptolemy and the Nile written by William Desborough Cooley and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Claudius Ptolemy and the Nile written by William Desborough Cooley and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Claudius Ptolemy and the Nile written by William Desborough Cooley and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-02-27 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
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Download or read book Claudius Ptolemy and the Nile Or an Inquiry Into That Geographer s Real Merits and Speculative Errors His Knowledge of Eastern Africa and the Authe written by William Desborough Cooley and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 edition. Excerpt: ... supplies from the river Webbe which flows behind the hills, nearly parallel to the sea shore and at no great distance from it. This bare and steep shore continues to the Govind or river of Jubah, a few miles S. of the equator. Then follows, 4thly, a line of coast somewhat resembling the preceding, but of more recent, or less advanced, formation. The hills or downs are less elevated and nearer to the sea, while a reef of coral with a chain of small islands, lies at a distance of two or three miles from the land, bounding a narrow channel, so shallow and beset with rocks, as to be in some places, hardly navigable even for boats. This coral chain extends about 150 miles, but with an interruption for some distance in the middle, where the growth of the coral has been checked by the fresh water of two or three streams from the mainland. Kuyu bay, where the coral reef terminates, is the first of several inlets imperfectly known, which appear to communicate with a large river in the back ground and in front of which lie the Islands of Pata, Lamu, Manda, &c. Here begins, 5thly, a new region with a new race of men: the fertility and populousness of Zingiber, here rise into view. A little farther S. towards Mombasa the coast becomes more elevated and varied in feature, and is at the same time covered with superb trees, scattered as in a park. This improved scenery might serve to mark a sixth region; but those already mentioned are plainly discernible in Ptolemy and the Periplus, and are clearly pointed out by the Arabs at the present day. The effectual comparison of our authors will be much facilitated by exhibiting their statements in detail side by side. Ptolemy. Days' Bail Elephas Mons Acannse, emporium Aromatum, empm-and promontory Here...
Download or read book Claudius Ptolemy and the Nile Or an Enquiry Into that Geographer s Real Merits His Knowledge of the Mountains of the Moon written by William Desborough Cooley and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Sources of the Nile written by Charles Tilstone Beke and published by London : J. Madden. This book was released on 1860 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Thirteen years have elapsed since I wrote a Paper "On the Nile and Tributaries," which was read before the Royal Geographical Society of London on the 28th December, 1846, and 11th January, 1847, and was printed in the seventeenth volume of the Society's Journal." --Preface.
Download or read book 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 by William Desborough Cooley written by William Desborough Cooley and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Claudius Ptolemy and the Nile Scholar s Choice Edition written by William Desborough Cooley and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The sources of the Nile written by Charles BEKE and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Lecture on the Sources of the Nile and on the Means Requisite for Their Final Determination written by Charles Tilstone Beke and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ptolemies the Sea and the Nile written by Kostas Buraselis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Dictionary of African Biography written by Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 3382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 -).
Download or read book Ptolemy s Geography written by Ptolemy and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2002-01-15 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
