The Date of the Periplus Maris Erythraei
Title | The Date of the Periplus Maris Erythraei PDF eBook |
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Pages | 3 |
Release | 1968 |
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The Periplus Maris Erythraei
Title | The Periplus Maris Erythraei PDF eBook |
Author | Lionel Casson |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0691040605 |
The Periplus Maris Erythraei, "Circumnavigation of the Red Sea," is the single most important source of information for ancient Rome's maritime trade in these waters (i.e., the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and western Indian Ocean). Written in the first century A.D. by a Greek merchant or skipper, it is a short manual for the traders who sailed from the Red Sea ports of Roman Egypt to buy and sell in the various ports along the coast of eastern Africa, southern Arabia, and western India. This edition, in many ways the culmination of a lifetime of study devoted to Rome's merchant marine and her trade with the east, provides an improved text of the Periplus, along with a lucid and reliable translation, a comprehensive general commentary that treats in particular the numerous obscure place-names and technical terms that occur, and a technical commentary that deals with grammatical, lexicographical, and textual matters for readers competent in Greek. An extensive introduction places the Periplus in its historical context.
On the Date and Composition of the Periplus Maris Erythraei
Title | On the Date and Composition of the Periplus Maris Erythraei PDF eBook |
Author | Yūzō Shitomi |
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Release | 1976* |
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The Periplus Maris Erythraei
Title | The Periplus Maris Erythraei PDF eBook |
Author | Lionel Casson |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 339 |
Release | 2012-05-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1400843200 |
The Periplus Maris Erythraei, "Circumnavigation of the Red Sea," is the single most important source of information for ancient Rome's maritime trade in these waters (i.e., the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and western Indian Ocean). Written in the first century A.D. by a Greek merchant or skipper, it is a short manual for the traders who sailed from the Red Sea ports of Roman Egypt to buy and sell in the various ports along the coast of eastern Africa, southern Arabia, and western India. This edition, in many ways the culmination of a lifetime of study devoted to Rome's merchant marine and her trade with the east, provides an improved text of the Periplus, along with a lucid and reliable translation, a comprehensive general commentary that treats in particular the numerous obscure place-names and technical terms that occur, and a technical commentary that deals with grammatical, lexicographical, and textual matters for readers competent in Greek. An extensive introduction places the Periplus in its historical context.
The Periplus of the Erythræan Sea; Travel and Trade in the Indian Ocean
Title | The Periplus of the Erythræan Sea; Travel and Trade in the Indian Ocean PDF eBook |
Author | Wilfred H. Schoff |
Publisher | Franklin Classics Trade Press |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2018-11-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780353027589 |
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The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea
Title | The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea PDF eBook |
Author | Hakluyt Society |
Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Classical geography |
ISBN | 9780904180053 |
The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a short work of uncertain date and unknown authorship, written in very difficult Greek. It is concerned with the coasts of the Red Sea and -Indian Ocean and may be described as a combined trade directory and Admiralty Handbook, giving sailing directions and information about navigational hazards, harbours, imports and exports. It is of great value for the study of the commerce of the Roman Empire and the early history of East Africa, South Arabia and India. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1980.
The Commerce and Navigation of the Erythraean Sea
Title | The Commerce and Navigation of the Erythraean Sea PDF eBook |
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Pages | 256 |
Release | 1879 |
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