Neco, King of Egypt, was the first whom we know of that proved this; he, when he had ceased digging the canal leading from the Nile to the Arabian Gulf, sent certain Phoenicians in ships, with orders to sail back through the Pillars of Hercules into the... Herodotus - Page 250by Herodotus - 1901 - 613 pagesFull view - About this book
| Gustaf Clemens Hebbe - 1848 - 592 pages
...leading out of the Nile into the Arabian Gulf, dispatched certain natives of Phcnnicia on ship-board, with orders to sail back through the Pillars of Hercules into the North (Mediterranean) Sea, and so return to Egypt. The Phoenicians consequently having departed out... | |
| 1850 - 410 pages
...leading out of the Nile into the Arabian gulf, dispatched certain natives of Phoenicia on shipboard, with orders to sail back through the Pillars of Hercules into the north (Mediterranean) Sea, and so to return into Egypt. The Phoenicians consequently, having departed... | |
| David Urquhart - 1850 - 480 pages
...leading out of the Nile into the Arabian gulf , despatched certain natives of Phoenicia on ship-board, with orders to sail back through the- Pillars of Hercules into the north, Strabo, after an examination of all the evidence. The same opinion was pronounced by the school... | |
| Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1852 - 642 pages
...compared.6 Libya shows itself to be surrounded by water, except so much of it as borders upon Asia. Neco, king of Egypt, was the first whom we know of, that proved this ; he, when he had censed digging the canal leading from the Nile to the Arabian Gulf, sent certain Phoenicians in ships,... | |
| Tyre - 1852 - 208 pages
...leading out of the Nile into the Arabian Gulf, despatched certain natives of Phoenicia on shipboard with orders to sail back through the Pillars of Hercules into the north, (that is, the Mediterranean Sea,) and so to return to Egypt. The Phoenicians consequently having... | |
| John Kitto - 1853 - 552 pages
...be compared with another passage from the same writer. ' Neco, when he had ceased digging the canal, sent certain Phoenicians in ships, with orders to...through the pillars of Hercules into the Northern (Mediterranean) Sea, and so to return to Egypt. The Phoenicians, accordingly, setting out from the... | |
| John Kitto - 1853 - 576 pages
...be compared with another passage from the same writer. ' Neco, when he had ceased digging the canal, sent certain Phoenicians in ships, with orders to...through the pillars of Hercules into the Northern (Mediterranean) Sea, and so to return to Egypt. The Phoenicians, accordingly, setting out from the... | |
| Thomas Osmond Summers - 1856 - 192 pages
...leading out of the Nile into the Arabian Gulf, dispatched certain natives of Phoenicia on shipboard with orders to sail back through the Pillars of Hercules into the north, (that is the Mediterranean Sea,) and so to return to Egypt. The Phoenicians consequently having... | |
| Frederic George Stephens, J. H. Mann - 1870 - 324 pages
...borders on Asia. Necho, King of Egypt, was the first whom we know of that first proved this ; he, when he ceased digging the canal leading from the Nile to...sail back through the Pillars of Hercules into the Mediterranean (Northern Sea of Egypt), and so return to Egypt. The Phoenicians accordingly, setting... | |
| 1871 - 546 pages
...[Africa] shows itself to be surrounded with water, except so much of it as borders upon Asia. Necho, King of Egypt, was the first whom we know of that...the canal leading from the Nile to the Arabian Gulf [the Red Sea], sent certain Phoenicians in ships, with orders to sail back through the pillars of Hercules... | |
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