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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

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                        |               | Distance |         |
   Ancient Name.        | Modern name.  |    in    | Lat. N. | Long. E.
                        |               |  Stadia. |         |
  ----------------------+---------------+----------+---------+----------
  1. Bagisara           | On Arabah or  |    600   | 25° 12´ |  64° 31´
                        |   Hormara Bay |          |         |
  2. _Pasira_           |               |          |         |
  3. Cape unnamed       | Râs Arabah    |          | 25°  7´ |  64° 29´
  4. Kolta              |               |    200   | 25°  8´ |  64° 27´
  5. Kalama             | Kalami R.     |    600   | 25° 21´ |  63° 59´
  6. _Karbine Is._      | Asthola or    |          |         |
                        |   Sânga-dîp   |          |         |
  7. Kissa in _Karbis_  |    --         |    200   | 25° 22´ |  63° 37´
  8. Cape unnamed       | C. Passence   |          | 25° 15´ |  63° 30´
  9. Mosarna            | Near do.      |          |         |
  10. Balômon           |    --         |    750   |         |
  11. Barna             |    --         |    400   | 25° 12´ |  63° 10´
  12. Dendrobosa        |Daram or Duram |    200   | 25° 11´ |  62° 45´
  13. Kôphas            |Râs Koppa      |    400   | 25° 11´ |  62° 29´
  14. Kuiza             |Near Râs Ghunse|    800   | 25° 10´ |  61° 56´
  15. Town unnamed      |On Gwattar Bay |    500   |         |
  16. Cape called Bagia |               |          | 25°  7´ |  61° 28´
  17. Talmena           |On Chaubar Bay |   1000   | 25° 24´ |  60° 40´
  18. Kanasis           |               |    400   | 25° 24  |  60° 12´
  19. Anchorage unnamed.|               |          |         |
  20. Kanate            | Kungoun       |    850   | 25° 25´ | 59° 15´
  21. Taœi or Troisi    | Near Sudich   |    800   | 25° 30´ | 58° 42´
                        | River         |          |         |
  22. Bagasira          | Girishk       |    300   | 25° 38´ | 58° 27´
  23. Anchorage unnamed |    --         |   1100   |         |
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V.

  Coast of Karmania (Moghistan and Laristan).
  Length of the coast (Arrian and Strabo)      3,700 Stadia.
  Actual length in miles English                 296
  Time taken in its navigation                    19 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

----------------------+---------------+----------+---------+----------
                        |               | Distance |         |
   Ancient Name.        | Modern name.  |    in    | Lat. N. | Long. E.
                        |               |  Stadia. |         |
  ----------------------+---------------+----------+---------+----------
  1. Bagisara           | On Arabah or  |    600   | 25° 12´ |  64° 31´
                        |   Hormara Bay |          |         |
  2. _Pasira_           |               |          |         |
  3. Cape unnamed       | Râs Arabah    |          | 25°  7´ |  64° 29´
  4. Kolta              |               |    200   | 25°  8´ |  64° 27´
  5. Kalama             | Kalami R.     |    600   | 25° 21´ |  63° 59´
  6. _Karbine Is._      | Asthola or    |          |         |
                        |   Sânga-dîp   |          |         |
  7. Kissa in _Karbis_  |    --         |    200   | 25° 22´ |  63° 37´
  8. Cape unnamed       | C. Passence   |          | 25° 15´ |  63° 30´
  9. Mosarna            | Near do.      |          |         |
  10. Balômon           |    --         |    750   |         |
  11. Barna             |    --         |    400   | 25° 12´ |  63° 10´
  12. Dendrobosa        |Daram or Duram |    200   | 25° 11´ |  62° 45´
  13. Kôphas            |Râs Koppa      |    400   | 25° 11´ |  62° 29´
  14. Kuiza             |Near Râs Ghunse|    800   | 25° 10´ |  61° 56´
  15. Town unnamed      |On Gwattar Bay |    500   |         |
  16. Cape called Bagia |               |          | 25°  7´ |  61° 28´
  17. Talmena           |On Chaubar Bay |   1000   | 25° 24´ |  60° 40´
  18. Kanasis           |               |    400   | 25° 24  |  60° 12´
  19. Anchorage unnamed.|               |          |         |
  20. Kanate            | Kungoun       |    850   | 25° 25´ | 59° 15´
  21. Taœi or Troisi    | Near Sudich   |    800   | 25° 30´ | 58° 42´
                        | River         |          |         |
  22. Bagasira          | Girishk       |    300   | 25° 38´ | 58° 27´
  23. Anchorage unnamed |    --         |   1100   |         |
  ----------------------+---------------+----------+---------+----------


V.

  Coast of Karmania (Moghistan and Laristan).
  Length of the coast (Arrian and Strabo)      3,700 Stadia.
  Actual length in miles English                 296
  Time taken in its navigation                    19 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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