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... latitude . Under this parallel the sun appears for a considerable part of the year to the north . How , then , it may be asked , could Herodotus be incredulous of this phænomenon having been observed by the Phoenician cir- cumnavigators ...
... latitude . Under this parallel the sun appears for a considerable part of the year to the north . How , then , it may be asked , could Herodotus be incredulous of this phænomenon having been observed by the Phoenician cir- cumnavigators ...
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... constellation is much nearer . The course of the Argonauts from Greece to Colchis , necessarily lay between 39 and 45 degrees of north latitude . It will be evident to any person CHAP . I. 25 to the Time of Herodotus .
... constellation is much nearer . The course of the Argonauts from Greece to Colchis , necessarily lay between 39 and 45 degrees of north latitude . It will be evident to any person CHAP . I. 25 to the Time of Herodotus .
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Robert Kerr. north latitude . It will be evident to any person acquainted with astronomy , that within these latitudes no star of the first magnitude , or such as would attract observation , especially in those times , could be visible ...
Robert Kerr. north latitude . It will be evident to any person acquainted with astronomy , that within these latitudes no star of the first magnitude , or such as would attract observation , especially in those times , could be visible ...
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... latitude where these weeds com- mence was accurately determined , it would fix exactly the extent of the voyages of the Carthaginians in this direction . The weed alluded to is probably the fucus natans , or gulf- weed . 2 Hitherto the ...
... latitude where these weeds com- mence was accurately determined , it would fix exactly the extent of the voyages of the Carthaginians in this direction . The weed alluded to is probably the fucus natans , or gulf- weed . 2 Hitherto the ...
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... latitude . He certainly knew the real course of the Niger . On the east coast of Africa he was well acquainted with the shores of the Arabian Gulph ; but though he sometimes mentions Carthage , and describes the traffic carried on ...
... latitude . He certainly knew the real course of the Niger . On the east coast of Africa he was well acquainted with the shores of the Arabian Gulph ; but though he sometimes mentions Carthage , and describes the traffic carried on ...
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