 ... Ganges, from the days of Moses, Alexander, and Aristotle, to say nothing of the geographers Pomponius Mela, Strabo and Ptolemy, was deemed the land of promise, the abode of luxury, the source of wealth, and the home of the spices ; but the routes...  The Tehuantepec Railway: Its Location, Features, and Advantages Under the La ... - Página 68por Tehuantepec Railway Company - 1869 - 161 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1869 - 508 páginas
...wealth, and the home of the spices ; but the routes of commerce thither, via Venice and Genoa, by the Red Sea, Egypt, the Nile, Arabia, Asia Minor, • the...Finally, in 1453, Constantinople, the Christian city of Constantino, fell into the hands of the Turks, and with it the commerce of the Black Sea and the Bo»phorus,... | |
 | Henry Stevens (Jr.) - 1869 - 76 páginas
...wealth, and the home of the spices ; but the routes of commerce thither, via Venice and Genoa, by the Red Sea, Egypt, the Nile, Arabia, Asia Minor, the Black...Finally, in 1453, Constantinople, the Christian city of Constantino, fell into the hands of the Turks, and with it the commerce of the Black Sea and the Bosphorus,... | |
 | Simon Stevens - 1871 - 78 páginas
...resistance. The several routes of commerce to Asia beyond the Ganges, via Venice and Genoa, by the Red, Black, and Caspian seas, through Persia and Tartary, were one by one closed to Christians. The profits of the overland carrving trade, what there was left of it, were mostly... | |
 | 1872 - 464 páginas
...resistance. The several routes of commerce to Asia beyond the Ganges, via Venice and Genoa, by the Red, Black and Caspian Seas, through Persia and Tartary, were one by one closed to Christians. The profits of the overland carrying trade, what there was left of it, were mostly... | |
 | American Geographical Society of New York - 1873 - 464 páginas
...resistance. The several routes of commerce to Asia beyond the Ganges, via Venice and Genoa, by the Red, Black and Caspian Seas, through Persia and Tartary, were one by one closed to Christians. The profits of the overland carrying trade, what there was left of it, were mostly... | |
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