On the communications between Europe and India through EgyptSmith, Elder and Company, 1846 - 73 pages |
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Europe. was in his time frequented by the Greeks , and by inhabitants of all the commercial nations of Europe . " From India , " he says , " they import all sorts of spices which are brought by Christian merchants . " * During the middle ...
Europe. was in his time frequented by the Greeks , and by inhabitants of all the commercial nations of Europe . " From India , " he says , " they import all sorts of spices which are brought by Christian merchants . " * During the middle ...
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... inhabitants that the English have not yet forgotten the art of con- structing steam - engines , and that the supply of coals in England is not completely exhausted , as they are sometimes informed . While the English post - office ...
... inhabitants that the English have not yet forgotten the art of con- structing steam - engines , and that the supply of coals in England is not completely exhausted , as they are sometimes informed . While the English post - office ...
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... inhabitants of the British possessions in the Medi- terranean have no direct and regular means of inter- course by steam packets . They alone , of all the inhabitants of the shores of the Mediterranean , are excluded from this blessing ...
... inhabitants of the British possessions in the Medi- terranean have no direct and regular means of inter- course by steam packets . They alone , of all the inhabitants of the shores of the Mediterranean , are excluded from this blessing ...
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... inhabitants of London may have heard of Nelson's column . There cannot be a doubt that the barrage may be as effectually completed as the dry dock . And should it be once terminated , and all the advantages to be derived from its ...
... inhabitants of London may have heard of Nelson's column . There cannot be a doubt that the barrage may be as effectually completed as the dry dock . And should it be once terminated , and all the advantages to be derived from its ...
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... inhabitants of Egypt , they are equally evident and far more interesting to the world at large . The level of the Nile being raised by the barrage , it will be generally retained at a height of about eighteen feet above the lowest level ...
... inhabitants of Egypt , they are equally evident and far more interesting to the world at large . The level of the Nile being raised by the barrage , it will be generally retained at a height of about eighteen feet above the lowest level ...
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afford agent Alexandria ancient Arab empire Austrian steamers barrage Beyrout Britain British Consul British Government Cairo Cairo to Suez carry CHARLES GUTZLAFF commercial communications with India Consular Corfu Damietta diplomatic East India Company England English establishment Europe and India European powers execution expense fleet Foreign Office France French Government French packets French steamers frigates Gibraltar Greece hostile improvement India through Egypt Indian empire Indian passengers Indian trade inhabitants interests interruption Ionian Islands Kench Kosseir Levant line-of-battle ships Lord Lord Palmerston Louis Philippe Malta Mamlooks Marseilles means Mediterranean ment merchants miles ministers Mohammed Mohammed Ali monopoly Monsieur Mongel month Myos Hormos naval force naval power necessary Nile Pasha of Egypt Peninsular and Oriental political port possession present projects railway ranean Red Sea render round the Cape ship canal Shishak shores sovereign of Egypt steam navigation Suez Sultan Syria terranean tion transit through Egypt transport Trieste troops Turkey Turkish vessels
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Page 17 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Page 14 - And they sat down to eat bread ; and they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels, bearing spicery, and balm, and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Page 17 - And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem : and he took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house ; he even took away all : and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.