Government of IndiaThe Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: Travel and Trade in the Indian Ocean by a Merchant of the First Century
Keywords: Geography, Ancient.
Classical geography.
Indian Ocean Region -- Commerce -- History.
Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co., New York
Description: The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea was translated from Greek by Wilfred H Schoff. This book is on the travel and trade in the Indian Ocean by a Merchant of the First Century. It was published in the year 1912. According to the writer, this book is one of those human documents like the journals of Marco Polo and Columbus, and Vespucci which expresses not only human enterprise but the awakening of a whole race towards new fields of geographical discovery and commercial achievement.
Source: Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi
Type: Rare Book
Received From: Archaeological Survey of India
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-29T11:49:00Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-07-29T11:49:00Z |
| dc.description | The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea was translated from Greek by Wilfred H Schoff. This book is on the travel and trade in the Indian Ocean by a Merchant of the First Century. It was published in the year 1912. According to the writer, this book is one of those human documents like the journals of Marco Polo and Columbus, and Vespucci which expresses not only human enterprise but the awakening of a whole race towards new fields of geographical discovery and commercial achievement. |
| dc.source | Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi |
| dc.format.extent | 323 p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | Longmans, Green and Co., New York |
| dc.subject | Geography, Ancient. Classical geography. Indian Ocean Region -- Commerce -- History. |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1912 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | 5074 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
| dc.contributor.translator | Schoff, Wilfred H |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-29T11:49:00Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-07-29T11:49:00Z |
| dc.description | The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea was translated from Greek by Wilfred H Schoff. This book is on the travel and trade in the Indian Ocean by a Merchant of the First Century. It was published in the year 1912. According to the writer, this book is one of those human documents like the journals of Marco Polo and Columbus, and Vespucci which expresses not only human enterprise but the awakening of a whole race towards new fields of geographical discovery and commercial achievement. |
| dc.source | Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi |
| dc.format.extent | 323 p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | Longmans, Green and Co., New York |
| dc.subject | Geography, Ancient. Classical geography. Indian Ocean Region -- Commerce -- History. |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1912 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | 5074 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
| dc.contributor.translator | Schoff, Wilfred H |
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