Ocean and Her Rulers: A Narrative of the Nations which Have from the Earliest Ages Held Dominion Over the Sea, Comprising a Brief History of Navigation from the Remotest Periods to the Present Time |
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... hands . attained a degree of brilliancy which shone like a star to after - ages . The Phoenicians had early perceived that trade was their surest means of attaining wealth and consequence . The boldest navigators of the Mediterranean ...
... hands . attained a degree of brilliancy which shone like a star to after - ages . The Phoenicians had early perceived that trade was their surest means of attaining wealth and consequence . The boldest navigators of the Mediterranean ...
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... hand , during a part of their voyage , being strongly corroborative proof of their having coasted the south of Africa , although , amid the imperfect know- ledge of the time , it was what induced Herodotus to throw discredit on the ...
... hand , during a part of their voyage , being strongly corroborative proof of their having coasted the south of Africa , although , amid the imperfect know- ledge of the time , it was what induced Herodotus to throw discredit on the ...
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... hands , when , having subjected the whole of the Grecian possessions on the continent of Asia , he resolved to punish Athens in her own territory , and for this purpose commenced his pre- parations . Disasters , however , met him at the ...
... hands , when , having subjected the whole of the Grecian possessions on the continent of Asia , he resolved to punish Athens in her own territory , and for this purpose commenced his pre- parations . Disasters , however , met him at the ...
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... hand to strike his opponent ; when Themistocles exclaimed , " Strike- but hear me ! " This incident recalling calmer thought , Themistocles explained , that if the Grecian fleet , as proposed , should abandon its position , and draw ...
... hand to strike his opponent ; when Themistocles exclaimed , " Strike- but hear me ! " This incident recalling calmer thought , Themistocles explained , that if the Grecian fleet , as proposed , should abandon its position , and draw ...
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... hands three hundred of the youths of noble Carthaginian families , with plentiful store of ammunition , ships , and engines of war , under pretence that such conduct only could prevent their experiencing the resentment they had merited ...
... hands three hundred of the youths of noble Carthaginian families , with plentiful store of ammunition , ships , and engines of war , under pretence that such conduct only could prevent their experiencing the resentment they had merited ...
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