An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge Which the Ancients Had of India And the Progress of Trade with that Country Prior to the Discovery of the Passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope
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- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- Maps
- SECTION I Intercourse with India, from the earliest Times, until the Conquest of Egypt by the Romans
- SECTION II Intercourse with India, from the Establishment of the Roman Dominion in Egypt, to the Conquest of that Kingdom by the Mahomedans
- SECTION III Intercourse with India, from the Conquest of Egypt by the Mahomedans, to the Discovery of the Passage by the Cape of Good Hope, and the Establishment of the Portuguese Dominion in the East
- SECTION IV General Observations
- NOTE and ILLUSTRATIONS
- APPENDIX
- NOTES TO THE APPENDIX
- INDEX
- ERRATA
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- Maps
- SECTION I Intercourse with India, from the earliest Times, until the Conquest of Egypt by the Romans
- SECTION II Intercourse with India, from the Establishment of the Roman Dominion in Egypt, to the Conquest of that Kingdom by the Mahomedans
- SECTION III Intercourse with India, from the Conquest of Egypt by the Mahomedans, to the Discovery of the Passage by the Cape of Good Hope, and the Establishment of the Portuguese Dominion in the East
- SECTION IV General Observations
- NOTE and ILLUSTRATIONS
- APPENDIX
- NOTES TO THE APPENDIX
- INDEX
- ERRATA
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- An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge Which the Ancients Had of IndiaAnd the Progress of Trade with that Country Prior to the Discovery of the Passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope, pp. xiii - xivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012First published in: 1791