Herodotus
(I,C)

THE

GEOGRAPHICAL SYSTEM

OF

HERODOTUS

EXAMINED AND EXPLAINED,

BY A

COMPARISON WITH THOSE OF OTHER ANCIENT AUTHORS,

AND

WITH MODERN GEOGRAPHY.

IN THE COURSE OF THE WORK ARE INTRODUCED

DISSERTATIONS

ON THE ITINERARY STADE OF THE GREEKS, THE EXPEDITION OF DARIUS
HYSTASPES TO SCYTHIA, THE POSITION AND REMAINS OF ANCIENT

BABYLON, THE ALLUVIONS OF THE NILE, AND CANALS OF SUEZ;

THE OASIS AND TEMPLE OF JUPITER AMMON, THE ANCIENT
CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF AFRICA, AND OTHER SUBJECTS

OF HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY.

THE WHOLE EXPLAINED BY ELEVEN MAPS ADAPTed to the different suBJECTS; AND
ACCOMPANIED WITH A COMPLETE INDEX.

BY JAMES RENNELL, Esq.

LATE MAJOR OF ENGINEERS, AND SURVEYOR-GENERAL IN BENGAL; FELLOW OF THE
ROYAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH; MEMBER OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE
OF PARIS, AND OF THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF ST. PETERSBURGH;
AND FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF GOTTINGEN.

second edition, revised.

VOLUME I.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR C. J. G. & F. RIVINGTON,

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD, AND WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL.

MDCCCXXX.

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