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Beginning of the Periplous tou Euxeinou Pontou by Arrian of Nicomedia, Johann Froben and Nicolaus Episcopius, Basel 1533
A periplus (/ˈpɛrɪplʌs/), or periplous, is a manuscript document that lists the ports and coastal landmarks, in order and with approximate intervening distances, that the captain of a vessel could expect to find along a shore.[1] In that sense, the periplus was a type of log and served the same purpose as the later Roman itinerarium of road stops. However, the Greek navigators added various notes, which, if they were professional geographers, as many were, became part of their own additions to Greek geography.
The form of the periplus is at least as old as the earliest Greek historian, the Ionian Hecataeus of Miletus. The works of Herodotus and Thucydides contain passages that appear to have been based on peripli.[2]
^Kish, George (1978). A Source Book in Geography. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. p. 21. ISBN 0-674-82270-6.
^Shahar, Yuval (2004). Josephus Geographicus: The Classical Context of Geography in Josephus. Mohr Siebeck. p. 40. ISBN 3-16-148256-5.
known to scholars: The Periplus of Himilco the Navigator, parts which are preserved in Pliny the Elder and Avienius. The Periplus of Hanno the Navigator...
Thalássēs), also known by its Latin name as the Periplus Maris Erythraei, is a Greco-Roman periplus written in Koine Greek that describes navigation...
The Massaliote Periplus or Massiliote Periplus is a theoretical reconstruction of a sixth-century BC periplus, or sailing manual, proposed by historian...
article: English translation from The Periplus of Hanno (1913) by Wilfred H. Schoff Hanno's account, the periplus (lit. circumnavigation), remains extant...
Greek transliteration Períplous tou Efxínou Pódou, Latin: Periplus Ponti Euxini) is a periplus or guidebook detailing the destinations visitors encounter...
Kshatriyas. It is mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea and by Ptolemy in his Geographia. The Periplus mentions it as Aberia with the coastal...
Reksodiharjo-Lilley, G. (1996). The Ecology of Nusa Tenggara and Maluku. Hong Kong: Periplus Editions Ltd. p. 9. ISBN 962-593-076-0. Witton, Patrick (2003). Indonesia...
Kasim (1996). The Ecology of the Indonesian Seas – Part One. Hong Kong: Periplus Editions. ISBN 978-962-593-078-7. Earl 1850, p. 119. Anshory, Irfan (16...
travelogue the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea first describes Azania based on its author's intimate knowledge of the area. According to the Periplus, traded...
works was the 1st century CE Greco-Roman Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, as well as the Carthaginian Periplus of Hanno. Besides writing, Schoff also served...
made translations of Arrian in 1663 and 1668. The voyage of Nearchus and Periplus of the Erythrean Sea were translated from the Greek by the then Dean of...
Greek and Roman authors. The periplus sometimes called the Periplus of Scylax is not, in fact, by him; that so-called Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax was written...
possible that both the account of the Periplus and at least part of Miller's theory are correct, for the Periplus focuses on the availability of tortoise...
Periplus of the Erythræan sea; travel and trade in the Indian Ocean. New York : Longmans, Green, and Co. pp. 50 – via Internet Archive. The Periplus of...
Bhambore Barbarice Periplus of the Erythraean Sea Oraea Barbarikon Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, 38 Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, 42 Periplus of the Erythraean...
for barbarian, Mleccha derives. Barbarikon is mentioned briefly in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: "This river [the Indus] has seven mouths, very shallow...
Chronicles. Periplus, Singapore, ISBN 0-7946-0272-X, p. 32 Vickers, Adrian (1995), From Oey, Eric, ed. (1995). Bali. Singapore: Periplus Editions. pp...
ISBN 9789790644175. Stockdale, John Joseph; Bastin, John (2004-03-15). Island of Java. Periplus Editions (HK) Limited. ISBN 978-962-8734-23-8. Raffles, Thomas E.: History...
Barbara, the Habash are recorded in the first century Greek travelogue the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea as engaging in extensive commercial trade with Egypt...
strange creatures." in Iran and Turkey people call it Oman sea. In the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, as well as in some ancient maps, Erythraean Sea...
corresponds with what later became the city of Zeila. According to the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, Avalites was located on the Far-Side market south...
81 Easy and Delicious Recipes from the Pearl of the Orient. Singapore: Periplus Editions. ISBN 978-1-4629-0533-1. Cho, Younghan; Leary, Charles, eds. (2016)...
pp. 475–478. Suarez, Thomas (1999). Early Mapping of Southeast Asia. Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-962-593-470-9. "Federation of Malaya...
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