The Voyage and Shipwreck of St. Paul: With Dissertations on the Life and Writings of St. Luke, and the Ships and Navigation of the AncientsLongmans, Green, 1866 - 267 páginas |
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... mile , * which leave nothing to be desired with regard to the hydrography of this part of the voyage . Next in importance to a correct knowledge of the geography is that of the peculiarities of ancient navigation ; but there is no ...
... mile , * which leave nothing to be desired with regard to the hydrography of this part of the voyage . Next in importance to a correct knowledge of the geography is that of the peculiarities of ancient navigation ; but there is no ...
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... mile an hour , which at the end of fourteen complete days would amount to 504 miles . But it does not appear that the calculation is to be made for four- teen entire days . It was on the fourteenth night the anchors were cast off the ...
... mile an hour , which at the end of fourteen complete days would amount to 504 miles . But it does not appear that the calculation is to be made for four- teen entire days . It was on the fourteenth night the anchors were cast off the ...
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... miles , by mine 483 , the actual distance from Clauda to St. Paul's Bay being 476 miles . I may well say with Admiral Penrose , ' Is it possible for coincident observations of such a nature to be more exact ? ' Certainly none could have ...
... miles , by mine 483 , the actual distance from Clauda to St. Paul's Bay being 476 miles . I may well say with Admiral Penrose , ' Is it possible for coincident observations of such a nature to be more exact ? ' Certainly none could have ...
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... miles , we must infer that they had a fair , or at least a leading wind , probably westerly , which is the wind which prevails in this part of the Mediterranean . * We are not informed of the cause of their stopping at Sidon ; probably ...
... miles , we must infer that they had a fair , or at least a leading wind , probably westerly , which is the wind which prevails in this part of the Mediterranean . * We are not informed of the cause of their stopping at Sidon ; probably ...
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... miles from the sea ; according to Strabo , the distance is twenty stadia , or about two geographical miles , the difference being probably caused by the silting up of the river Andriaki , which flows past it into a spacious bay . This ...
... miles from the sea ; according to Strabo , the distance is twenty stadia , or about two geographical miles , the difference being probably caused by the silting up of the river Andriaki , which flows past it into a spacious bay . This ...
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