Travels In Various Countries Of Europe Asia And Africa Vol 5 Classic Reprint

Author : Edward Daniel Clarke
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282293369
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia, and Africa, Vol. 2 written by Edward Daniel Clarke and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-16 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia, and Africa, Vol. 2: Greece, Egypt, and the Holy Land, Section 1 Sn the author published the first Volume of these Travels, he proposed to divide the work into three per tions. The observations made in Greece, Syria, and Egypt, were reserved for the second part; whether cona sisting of One volume, or of more than one. This plan is still pursued; but from the very per lexed state of the geography of the country alluded to the word Syria the less exes tionable appellation of itiwsttns was not stituted, in he second e ltion for that of Syria. The same perplexity has again induced the author to alter what he had thus written, and to consider the present pub licetion ss contalnln observations made in Greece, Egflt, and the Holy and. To several names of Saris, Palestine, theholy Land, the Land of Canaan, the act of Judas, and the Land of Promise, have been used indiscriminately with reference to a particular territory, or separate]! Applied to difl'erent parts of it. Neither ancient nor mo ern geographers are agreed as to the precise limits intendedby either of these a pellations. According to some authors, Syria, Phos n co, and Palestine. Were three distinct regions. Others include, within the Syrian frontier, not only Phoenice and Palmstine, but also Mesopotamia. Strabo describes Syria 'as comprehending all the country from Mount Amanus and the river Euphrates to Arabia and to Egypt.(a) The word Palaestine occurs only once, incidentally, in all his writings.( b) Yet the name was in use above four. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.