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Excerpt from Or the Application of Ancient Geography: To the Classics for the Use of Students The ancient Greeks and Romans knew only the three divisions of the world - Europe, Asia, and Africa. In Europe they had little or rather no acquaintance with the countries north of Germany, now Prussia, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway which they called Scandinavia, and thought to consist of a number of islands. East of Germany, and north of the Black Sea, was Sarmatia, now Russia, equally unknown to them. In Asia they knew nothing north of the Caspian Sea, but comprehended all the country under the general name of Scythia, divided into Scythia intra Imaum and Scythia extra Imaum, that is, on either side of Mount Imaus, part of a chain of mountains, the highest point in which is perhaps Himmel in Thibet. Still eastward, we i may doubt whether they had a confused notion of Serica, or the north western part of China, as an undefined continuation of Scythia. India they knew as far as the river Ganges, and even mention a nation called Sinć, now part of Cochin China. In Africa they knew little beyond Lat. 10° N. and little of that perfectly, beyond the immediate coast of the Mediterranean and the banks of the Nile. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning Geography

• Pełny tytuł: Or the Application of Ancient Geography
• Podtytuł: To the Classics for the Use of Students (Classic Reprint)
• Autor: Samuel Butler
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 146
• EAN: 9781330551882
• ISBN: 9781330551882
• ID: 09667109
• Wydawca: Forgotten Books
• Waga: 204 g
• Wymiary: 229 × 152 × 8 mm
• Data wydania: 02. July 2015

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