Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 7-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: Travel and Trade in the Indian Ocean by a Merchant of the First Century. Translated from the Greek and annotated b ...

The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: Travel and Trade in the Indian Ocean by a Merchant of the... II8 Reviews o.f Books which of these, if any, were responsible for the earlier cultures revealed in the shell-heaps and mounds. The work concludes with a bibliography and a summary of the locali­ ties in which investigation is especially required. The book is well written and profusely illustrated. Those interested will find it a valu­ able contribution. WILLIAM CURTIS FARABEE. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: Travel and Trade in the Indian Oeean by aM erehant of the First Century. Translated from the Greek and annotated by WILFRED H. SCHOFF, A.M., Secretary of the Commercial Museum, Philadelphia. (New York, London, Bombay, and Calcutta: Longmans, Green, and Company. 1912. PP·3 3·) IN placing at the disposition of English readers this first-century account of the voyage down the Red Sea and coastwise to the eastern shores of India, by an unknown Egyptian merchant writing in Greek, the author has performed a valuable service. His version of the Greek. though profiting especially by the 'German rendering of Fabricius, is, 'On the whole, superior to his predecessor's. He has shown great indus­ try in collecting the references from the widely scattered ancient and modern sources from which his copious commentary is drawn. The http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Historical Review Oxford University Press

The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: Travel and Trade in the Indian Ocean by a Merchant of the First Century. Translated from the Greek and annotated b ...

Breasted, James Henry
The American Historical Review , Volume 18 (1) – Oct 1, 1912
Download PDF
3 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/oxford-university-press/the-periplus-of-the-erythraean-sea-travel-and-trade-in-the-indian-GtrKiP9dUv

References (0)

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Copyright
Copyright 1912, by The Macmillan Company
ISSN
0002-8762
eISSN
1937-5239
DOI
10.1086/ahr/18.1.118
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

II8 Reviews o.f Books which of these, if any, were responsible for the earlier cultures revealed in the shell-heaps and mounds. The work concludes with a bibliography and a summary of the locali­ ties in which investigation is especially required. The book is well written and profusely illustrated. Those interested will find it a valu­ able contribution. WILLIAM CURTIS FARABEE. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: Travel and Trade in the Indian Oeean by aM erehant of the First Century. Translated from the Greek and annotated by WILFRED H. SCHOFF, A.M., Secretary of the Commercial Museum, Philadelphia. (New York, London, Bombay, and Calcutta: Longmans, Green, and Company. 1912. PP·3 3·) IN placing at the disposition of English readers this first-century account of the voyage down the Red Sea and coastwise to the eastern shores of India, by an unknown Egyptian merchant writing in Greek, the author has performed a valuable service. His version of the Greek. though profiting especially by the 'German rendering of Fabricius, is, 'On the whole, superior to his predecessor's. He has shown great indus­ try in collecting the references from the widely scattered ancient and modern sources from which his copious commentary is drawn. The

Journal

The American Historical Review – Oxford University Press

Published: Oct 1, 1912

There are no references for this article.