Title: Voyage de Néarque, des Bouches de L'Indus Jusqu'a L'Euphrate ou Journal de l'expédition de la Flotte D'Alexandre Author: Vincent, William Place: Paris Publisher: De L'Imprimerie de la République Date: An VIII [1800] Description: [4], xx, 661 pp. 6 folding maps and plans; frontispiece; 1 other plate. (4to) 28.5x21 cm (11¼x8½"), period calf. Translated from the English edition of 1797. Nearchus was one of Alexander's principal officers. In 325 BC he was ordered to take Alexander's fleet to the head of the Persian Gulf, and to circumnavigate Arabia from the Euphrates to the Isthmus of Suez. Nearchus's narrative of his expedition was included by Arrian in his "Indica" written in 2nd Century A.D. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers well worn and detached, spine strip lacking; some foxing and offset to contents, a few minor dampstains; sold as is, worthy of restoration. Item number: 254646
Title: Voyage de Néarque, des Bouches de L'Indus Jusqu'a L'Euphrate ou Journal de l'expédition de la Flotte D'Alexandre Author: Vincent, William Place: Paris Publisher: De L'Imprimerie de la République Date: An VIII [1800] Description: [4], xx, 661 pp. 6 folding maps and plans; frontispiece; 1 other plate. (4to) 28.5x21 cm (11¼x8½"), period calf. Translated from the English edition of 1797. Nearchus was one of Alexander's principal officers. In 325 BC he was ordered to take Alexander's fleet to the head of the Persian Gulf, and to circumnavigate Arabia from the Euphrates to the Isthmus of Suez. Nearchus's narrative of his expedition was included by Arrian in his "Indica" written in 2nd Century A.D. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers well worn and detached, spine strip lacking; some foxing and offset to contents, a few minor dampstains; sold as is, worthy of restoration. Item number: 254646
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