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The Commerce and Navigation of the Erythræan Sea: Being a Translation of the Periplus Maris Erythræi, by an Anonymous Writer, and of Arrian's Account of the Voyage of Nearkhos, from the Mouth of the Indus to the Head of the Persian Gulf

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The Commerce and Navigation of the Erythræan Sea: Being a Translation of the Periplus Maris Erythræi, by an Anonymous Writer, and of Arrian's Account of the Voyage of Nearkhos, from the Mouth of the Indus to the Head of the Persian Gulf

Classical geography; Geography, Ancient; India -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Indian Ocean Region -- Commerce -- History

--------------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------
                      | Modern    | Distance |         |
   Ancient Name.      |  name.    |    in    | Lat. N. | Long. E.
                      |           |  Stadia. |         |
  --------------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------
  1. Port of Alexander| Karâchi   |     --   | 24° 53´ | 66° 57´
  2. _Bibakta_        |           |          |         |
  3. Domai Is.        |           |     60   | 24° 48´ | 66° 50´
  4. Saranga          |           |    300   | 24° 44´ | 66° 34´
  5. Sakala           |           |          | 24° 52´ | 66° 33´
  6. Morontobara      |           |    300   | 25° 13´ | 66° 40´
  7. _Is. unnamed_    |           |          |         |
  8. Arabis R.        | Purâli R. |    120   | 25° 28´ | 66° 35´
  --------------------+-----------+----------+---------+----------


III.

  Length of the coast (Arrian)        1600 Stadia.
    Do.       do. (Strabo)            1800   --”
  Actual length in miles English       100
  Time taken in its navigation          18 Days.

  ---------------+-------------------+----------+---------+---------
                 |                   | Distance |         |
   Ancient Name. |  Modern name.     |    in    | Lat. N. | Long. E.
                 |                   |  Stadia. |         |
  ---------------+-------------------+----------+---------+---------
  1. Pagala      |      --           |   200    | 25° 30´ | 66° 15´
  2. Kabana      |      --           |   400    | 25° 28´ | 65° 46´
  3. Kôkala      | NearRâs-Katchari  |   200    | 25° 21´ | 65° 36´
  4. Tomêros R.  |Maklow or Hingul R.|   500    | 25° 16´ | 65° 15´
  5. Malana      | Râs Malan         |   300    | 25° 18´ | 65°  7´
  ---------------+-------------------+----------+---------+---------


IV.

Coast of the Ikhthyophagoi (Mekran or Beluchistan).

  Length of the coast (Arrian)     10,000 Stadia.
    Do.       do.     (Strabo)      7,000    “
  Actual length in miles English      480
  Time taken in its navigation         20 Days.

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The Commerce and Navigation of the Erythræan Sea: Being a Translation of the Periplus Maris Erythræi, by an Anonymous Writer, and of Arrian's Account of the Voyage of Nearkhos, from the Mouth of the Indus to the Head of the Persian Gulf

Classical geography; Geography, Ancient; India -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Indian Ocean Region -- Commerce -- History

--------------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------
                      | Modern    | Distance |         |
   Ancient Name.      |  name.    |    in    | Lat. N. | Long. E.
                      |           |  Stadia. |         |
  --------------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------
  1. Port of Alexander| Karâchi   |     --   | 24° 53´ | 66° 57´
  2. _Bibakta_        |           |          |         |
  3. Domai Is.        |           |     60   | 24° 48´ | 66° 50´
  4. Saranga          |           |    300   | 24° 44´ | 66° 34´
  5. Sakala           |           |          | 24° 52´ | 66° 33´
  6. Morontobara      |           |    300   | 25° 13´ | 66° 40´
  7. _Is. unnamed_    |           |          |         |
  8. Arabis R.        | Purâli R. |    120   | 25° 28´ | 66° 35´
  --------------------+-----------+----------+---------+----------


III.

  Length of the coast (Arrian)        1600 Stadia.
    Do.       do. (Strabo)            1800   --”
  Actual length in miles English       100
  Time taken in its navigation          18 Days.

  ---------------+-------------------+----------+---------+---------
                 |                   | Distance |         |
   Ancient Name. |  Modern name.     |    in    | Lat. N. | Long. E.
                 |                   |  Stadia. |         |
  ---------------+-------------------+----------+---------+---------
  1. Pagala      |      --           |   200    | 25° 30´ | 66° 15´
  2. Kabana      |      --           |   400    | 25° 28´ | 65° 46´
  3. Kôkala      | NearRâs-Katchari  |   200    | 25° 21´ | 65° 36´
  4. Tomêros R.  |Maklow or Hingul R.|   500    | 25° 16´ | 65° 15´
  5. Malana      | Râs Malan         |   300    | 25° 18´ | 65°  7´
  ---------------+-------------------+----------+---------+---------


IV.

Coast of the Ikhthyophagoi (Mekran or Beluchistan).

  Length of the coast (Arrian)     10,000 Stadia.
    Do.       do.     (Strabo)      7,000    “
  Actual length in miles English      480
  Time taken in its navigation         20 Days.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The Commerce and Navigation of the Erythræan Sea: Being a Translation of the Periplus Maris Erythræi, by an Anonymous Writer, and of Arrian's Account of the Voyage of Nearkhos, from the Mouth of the Indus to the Head of the Persian Gulf

The Commerce and Navigation of the Erythræan Sea: Being a Translation of the Periplus Maris Erythræi, by an Anonymous Writer, and of Arrian's Account of the Voyage of Nearkhos, from the Mouth of the Indus to the Head of the Persian Gulf

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