Arrian's Voyage Round the Euxine Sea
ARRIAN'S
VOYAGE
ROUND
THE EUXINE SEA.
ARRIAN'S VOYAGE
ROUND
THE EUXINE SEA
TRANSLATED;
AND ACCOMPANIED WITH
A GEOGRAPHICAL DISSERTATION,
AND MAPS.
TO WHICH ARE ADDED
THREE DISCOURSES,
| I. | On the Trade to the Eaſt Indies by means of the Euxine Sea. |
| II. | On the Diſtance which the Ships of Antiquity uſually ſailed in twenty-four Hours. |
| III. | On the Meaſure of the Olympic Stadium. |
OXFORD:
SOLD BY J. COOKE; AND BY MESSRS. CADELL AND DAVIES,
STRAND, LONDON.
1805
S. Collingwood, Printer, Oxford.
Chapters (not listed in original)
- The Periplus of the Euxine Sea
- Dissertation on Arrian's Periplus of the Euxine Sea
- On The Commerce of the Euxine Sea
- On The Distance Which the Ancient Ships Sailed in Twenty-Four Hours
- On The Measure of the Greek Stadium
- Appendix
- Tables of the Proportion Which Ancient Measures of Length Bear to English Measure To Which is Added a Table of the Extent of the Degrees of Longitude
E R R A T A.
| Page | 44. | line | 2. | for 67½ read 69 . |
| —— | 52. | — | 12. | The Latin and Greek copy of Ptolemy, in another place, (p. 132.) makes the latitude of Sebastopolis to be 46° 45′, longitude 71° 10′.
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| —— | 67. | — | 15. | for 786 read 768 |
| —— | 84. | — | 12. | for 54 read 39—line 16. for 26 read 23½;—and line 25. for 222.5 read 204.5 |
| —— | 115. | — | ult. | for 210 read 206 |
| —— | 126. | — | 9. | for 500 read 474 |
| —— | 129. | — | 9. | for 49 read 46 |
| —— | 130. | — | ult. | for 2009 read 2000 |
| —— | 131. | — | 3. | for 2035 read 2029 |
| —— | 133. | — | 12. | for 118 read 110 |
| —— | 153. | I have committed a mistake by the awkward manner in which the figures expressing the distances are placed in the Peutingerian Tables, which led me to think they referred to the distance between Mycenæ, Tegea, and Lacedæmon; which I now see denote the intervals between Olympia, Melæna, Megalopolis, and Lacedæmon, and amount to the number stated by Mr. Rennell.
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| —— | 157. | — | 11. | for 21.34 read 21.4049 |
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