The Dawn of Modern Geography: A History of Exploration and Geographical Science ...J. Murray, 1897 - Discoveries in geography |
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15th cent Æthicus Africa Alexandria Antoninus Arab Arabia Arculf Asia Bagdad bishop Brandan Byzantine Cæsar Caliphate Caspian Castorius Ceylon China Chinese Christ Christendom Christian Church coast Constantinople Cosmas Dicuil earlier earth east Eastern edition Egypt Emperor Empire Europe Fa-Hien famous Frankish Fusang geographical Greek heaven Holy Ibn Haukal Ibn Khordadbeh India Irish Isidore Islam island Isle Italy Jerome Jerusalem John Philoponus journey King kingdom land Latin Levant Massoudy mediæval Mediterranean merchants missionary monks Montf Moslem mountain Mussulman narrative Nestorian Nile ninth century Northern notice ocean Orosius Oxus pagan Palestine passed Persian Peutinger Table pilgrim pilgrimage Pliny probably Ptolemy race Ravennese Red Sea Reinaud rivers Roman Rome round sailed Saracens Scripture Scythia seems Sindbad Siraf Solinus Southern story Syria Theodosius trade tradition viii voyage West Western Willibald