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Proceedings of the expedition to explore the northern coast of Africa, from Tripoly eastward : $b in MDCCCXXI. and MDCCCXXII., comprehending an account of the Greater Syrtis and Cyrenaica; and of the ancient cities composing the pentapolis — John Shaqi

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Proceedings of the expedition to explore the northern coast of Africa, from Tripoly eastward : $b in MDCCCXXI. and MDCCCXXII., comprehending an account of the Greater Syrtis and Cyrenaica; and of the ancient cities composing the pentapolis

Name: Proceedings of the expedition to explore the northern coast of Africa, from Tripoly eastward : $b in MDCCCXXI. and MDCCCXXII., comprehending an account of the Greater Syrtis and Cyrenaica; and of the ancient cities composing the pentapolis
Author: Beechey, Frederick William

Beechey, Frederick William

Sidra, Gulf of (Libya); Tripoli (Libya) -- Antiquities; Tripoli (Libya) -- Discovery and exploration

of the Country about it — Arrival at Bengazi — Friendly
  Reception of our Party by Signor Rossoni, the British Resident
  there — Establish ourselves in the Town for the rainy Season     209

                              CHAPTER X.

      OBSERVATIONS ON THE GULF AND SHORES OF THE GREATER SYRTIS.

  The Dimensions of the Gulf, according to Ancient Writers,
  considered, and compared with those resulting from the
  Observations of the Expedition — Difference in the Statements
  of the several Writers quoted — Reasons why a Difference
  may be expected in their Accounts — Observations of Major
  Rennell on the Measurements of the Ancients — Ptolemy’s
  Outline of the Gulf more correct than any hitherto given
  — Number of Square Miles of Error in modern Charts of the
  Greater Syrtis — The Ideas of Ancient Writers (Herodotus
  excepted) with respect to the Nature and Resources of the
  Syrtis (the _Territory_, not the _Gulf_ of the Greater Syrtis
  is here meant) more erroneous than the Dimensions which have
  been assigned to the Gulf itself — The General Character
  of the Syrtis not that of a Sandy Plain — Incorrectness
  of the Arab Accounts of what is termed by them the Desert
  of Barka — Account of Herodotus considered — Apparent
  Accuracy of his Statements — Inferences drawn from them
  — Ancient Accounts of the _Gulf_ of the Greater Syrtis,
  dimensions excepted, very correct — Accumulation of Soil on
  the Shores of the Gulf accounted for — Apparent Elevation
  of the General Level of the Syrtis — Advance of the Sea on
  the Northern Coast of Africa — Appearance of the Coast at
  Alexandria and Carthage consistent with that of the Shores
  of the Greater Syrtis and Cyrenaica — Observations of Major
  Rennell and Dr. Shaw on the Elevation of the Coast of Tunis,
  and the Advance of the Sea in that quarter — Observations
  of Lucan on the Level of the Greater Syrtis — Dangers of
  the Navigation of the Gulf of Syrtis considered — Inset
  into the Gulf still existing to a great extent — Flux and
  Reflux of the Sea mentioned by Strabo and Mela considered
  — Remarks on the Derivation of the term _Syrtis_                 254

                              CHAPTER XI.

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Proceedings of the expedition to explore the northern coast of Africa, from Tripoly eastward : $b in MDCCCXXI. and MDCCCXXII., comprehending an account of the Greater Syrtis and Cyrenaica; and of the ancient cities composing the pentapolis

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