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. | Long.
| |Stadia. | N. | E.
--------------------------+------------------+------+---------+-------
1. Anchorage unnamed | | | |
2. Badis |Near Cape Bombarak| | 25° 47´ |57° 48´
3. Anchorage unnamed | -- | 800 | |
4. _Cape Maketa in Arabia_| Cape Musendom | | |
5. Neoptana | Nr. Karun | 700 | 26° 57´ |57° 1´
6. Anamis R. | Mînâb R. | 100 | 27° 11´ |57° 6´
7. _Organa Is._ | _Ormus or Djerun_| | |
8. Orakta Is. 2 anchorages| Kishm | 300 | |
9. _Island dist. from it |_Angar or Hanjam_ | | |
40 stadia._ | | | |
10. Island 300 stadia | Tombo | 400 | 26° 20´ |55° 20´
from mainland. | | | |
11. _Pylora Is._ | _Polior Is._ | | 26° 20´ |54° 35´
12. Sisidone | Mogos? | | |
13. Tarsia | C. Djard | 300 | 26° 20´ |54° 21´
14. Kataia Is. | Kenn | 300 | 26° 32´ |54°
VI.
Coast of Persis (Farsistan).
Length of Coast 4,400 Stadia.
Actual length in miles English 382
Time taken in its navigation 31 Days.
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