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'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎231] (296/905)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (799 pages). It was created in 1850. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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CHAP. X.]
ANCIENT HORMUZ.
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noticed, Carmania Felix contained the towns of Bersir,
Bermasir, Chabes, Bern, Cliabis, Izirefft, Sirgian, Tesirco,
and Sereat. 1
The southern portion of Kirman, viz., Laristan and Southern
Moghostan, formed the chief part of the Homyaritic kingdom
of Hormuz, through which ran an important commercial
line from the capital, Harmozonte. These districts, together
with the different islands, formed part of the territory of
Mithropastes at the time of the visit of Nearchus, who
learned from this monarch that the tomb on the island of
Tyrina (Kishm) was that of Erythras, 2 whose name was
given to the adjoining part of the sea. 3
1 Ptolemy, book VI., chap. viii.
Son of Ariarius, satrap of Phrygia, who was banished to this place by
Darius.—Strabo, lib. XVI., p. 166.
8 Artemidorus, however, thought the name was derived from the reflection
of mountains glowing with the heat of a vertical sun (Strabo, lib. XVI.,
p. 119), which certainly cause a deep tint on the waters in this part of the
world.

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The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.

Publication Details: London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850 Printed by W. Clowes and sons, Stamford Street.

Notes: Printer's name from colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. . Only two volumes of text and an atlas containing the maps were published.

Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description: xxvii, [3], 799, [1] p., [29] leaves of plates (1 folded), (the plates are numbered: 1, 3-9, 11-26, 28, 33, 37, 39, 42-43). Vol. 1, p. 705-706 and p. 707-708 are fold-out leaves.

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Reference: IOL.1947.c.142
Title: 'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.'
Pages: front, back, spine, head, edge, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:30, 1:8, 8a, 8a, 9:34, 34a:34b, 35:48, 48a:48b, 49:92, 92a:92b, 93:114, 114a:114b, 115:116, 116a:116b, 117:138, 138a:138b, 139:189, 188:198, 198a:198b, 199:208, 208a:208b, 209:212, 212a:212b, 213:230, 230a:230b, 231:266, 266a:266b, 267:310, 310a:310b, 311:324, 324a:324b, 325:336, 336a:336b, 337:350, 350a:350b, 351:368, 368a:368b, 369:392, 392a:392b, 393:406, 406a:406b, 407:426, 426a:426b, 427:432, 432a:432b, 433:470, 470a:470b, 471:490, 490a:490b, 491:526, 526a:526b, 527:596, 596a:596b, 597:616, 616a:616b, 617:622, 622a:622b, 623:636, 636a:636b, 637:704, 704a, 705, 705, 707:802, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
Author: Chesney, Francis Rawdon
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