Of the designated ports on the erythraean sea, and the markettowns around it, the first is the egyptian port of mussel harbor. Schoff makes it quite clear that the term refers to the region of the indian ocean. The present video offers readers the possibility to read the ancient greek text of the periplus of the red or erythrean sea, and its. The periplus of the euxine sea wikisource, the free. The periplus of the erythraean sea by, 1912, longmans, green edition.
The periplus maris erythraei or voyage around the erythraean sea is an anonymous work from around the middle of the first century ce written by a greek speaking egyptian merchant. Owing to the deposit of silt by the tamra parni river the sea retired from kolkai, and in mediaeval times another nearby place, kayal the coil of marco polo, became the port. The periplus of the erythraean sea 1912 edition open library. An excavation at arikamedu near presentday puducherry. For other uses, see eritrea disambiguation and erythrean sea. The periplus of the erythraean sea and the arabpersian. Documents and visuals hist 201 midterm 2 flashcards quizlet. The periplus of the erythraean sea research papers academia. I agree to multilicense my contributions, unless otherwise stated, under the gfdl and the creative commons attribution sharealike license version 1. The periplus maris erythraei, circumnavigation of the red sea, is the single most important source of information for ancient romes maritime trade in these waters i. D, was a guide for sailors and commercial travelers to the indian ocean and the aden and persian gulfs.
The periplus of the erythraean sea is a roman period guide to trade and navigation in the indian ocean. The voyage of nearchus and the periplus of the erythrean sea ascribed to. Feb 05, 2014 sorry if thats a dumb newbie question, but. The tentative issue of the present contribution will be to try to understand an obvious paradox. The south west monsoon was key for the voyage from the west to india. Primary source from periplus of the erythrean sea the periplus of the erythrean sea, which was written by an unknown greek in the first century a. D vincent reasons from plinys account of the accidental journey of a freedman of annius plocamus who had farmed from the treasury the revenues arising from the red sea. History of precolonial africa exam 2 flashcards quizlet. Click on document the periplus of the erythraean sea by an unknown author.
Throughout the text the periplus also acknowledges the wider trade originating in arabia, africa, india, the persian gulf and the malay peninsula, but mostly as a backdrop to the primary objective. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. The 1st century ad periplus of the erythraean sea translation by w. The periplus of the erythraean sea 1912 edition open. The periplus furnishes a most interesting part of early commercial history. All structured data from the main, property, lexeme, and entityschema namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The text has been ascribed to different dates between the 1st and 3rd centuries ad, but a mid1st century date is now the. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Media in category periplus of the erythraean sea the following 14 files are in this category, out of 14 total. The gulf of aqaba and the gulf of suez are the seas northern arms. All about the periplus of the erythraean sea by wilfred h. A traders guide to the red sea and neighbouring indian ocean coasts, anonymous, written probably between 95 and a. Justly famous for offering a contemporary and descriptive. Dec 19, 2011 the periplus of the erythraean sea by, 1912, longmans, green edition.
Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The periplus of the erythraean sea is one of those human documents, like the journals of marco polo and columbus and vespucci, which express not only individual enterprise, but the awakening of a whole race towards new fields of geographical discovery and commercial achievement. The periplus of the erythraean sea and the persian gulf references to trade between the west alexandria and india via the persian gulf are curiously absent from literature of the time, e. He not only reexamined the one important manuscript that has survived but brought to bear his knowledge of the language of the greek papyri of egypt, which is close kin to that written by the plainspoken captain or merchant who composed the periplus. The periplus maris erythraei princeton university press.
In structural geology, a suture is a joining together along a major fault zone, of separate terranes, tectonic. Arabian merchants is attested in the periplus suggest that the grecoroman traders. Anybody else can use under the work under the ccbysa4 or gfdl licence terms english periplous erythraen sea a map based on the periplous of the erythraen sea work, 1st century c. Dec 19, 2011 are you sure you want to remove the periplus of the erythraean sea from your list. Red sea, ancient sinus arabicus or erythraean sea, narrow sea, c. Periplus ponti euxini is a periplus or guidebook detailing the destinations visitors encounter when traveling about the shore of the black sea. The periplus of the erythraean sea research papers. Appendices discuss the topography, the history and contemporary commerce of the area, and other matters. The periplus maris erythraei navigation of the erythrean i. Periplus of the erythraean red sea, suez to berbera. The periplus of the erythraean sea red sea is a greeko roman work that describes navigation and trading opportunities from roman egyptian parts along the coast of red sea, horn of africa, sindh region of pakistan etc the author is unknown.
Chardin says of the steel of persia, they combine it with. The periplus of the erythraean sea periplus maris erythraei is a greek periplus, describing navigation and trading opportunities from roman egyptian ports like berenice along the coast of the red sea, and others along northeast africa and india. Justly famous for offering a contemporary and descriptive account of early indian ocean trade, the work has been subject to and a point of departure for numerous studies. Erythraean sea article about erythraean sea by the free. Names, routes and locations of the periplus of the erythraean sea.
The periplus of the erythraean sea is a greek periplus, describing navigation and trading opportunities from roman egyptian ports like berenice along the coast of the red sea, and others along northeast africa and india. Primary sources the periplus of the erithraean sea a greek. What a 2,000yearold greek merchants manual tells us about the indian monsoon and oceanic trade aparna kapadia jul 08, 2019 06. Start studying documents and visuals hist 201 midterm 2.
Primary sources the periplus of the erithraean sea, a greek sailors guide from alexandria, egypt, c. Multilicensed with all versions of the creative commons attribution sharealike license. Periplus of the erythraean sea wikisource, the free. Pdf the periplus of the erythraean sea is a roman period guide to trade and navigation in the indian ocean. It is the first record of organized trading with the nations of the east, in vessels built and commanded by subjects. Mar 30, 2015 the periplus of the erythraean sea is an anonymous work written by a greek egyptian in the first century bce. Periplus maris erythraei greek travel book britannica. For a fuller edition of agatharkhides, see second series 172. See also the what is the directory structure for the texts. The append method can be thought of as a merge where the insertion point is the end of the file.
Customizable route planning 3 tion 8, one must nd paretooptimal paths among multiple metrics. This excerpt from the guide describes adulis, the chief seaport in aksum. Ships would leave egypt in july in order to catch the wind bringing them safely into india in september. Periplus of the erythraean seaintroduction wikisource. The periplus of the erythraean sea and the arabpersian gulf the tentative issue of the present contribution is an attempt to clarify an obvious paradox. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The periplus of the erythrean sea, volume 2 william vincent full view 1805. The periplus, by an unknown grecoroman merchant living in egypt in the first century a.
Click to read more about the periplus of the erythraean sea by wilfred h. University of southampton research repository eprints soton. Permission is granted to copy, distribute andor modify this document under the terms of the gnu free documentation license, version 1. If you want more fine grained control of merging there is a merge method of the pdfmerger, which allows you to specify an insertion point in the output file, meaning you can insert the pages anywhere in the file. Travel and trade in the indian ocean by a merchant of the first century. The first part of the work sections 118 describes the maritime traderoutes following the northsouth axis from egypt down the coast of east africa as far as modern. At the time of the periplus it was one of the chief ports of the pandyan kingdom, being more accessible to the capital than nelcynda. Travel and trade in the indian ocean schoff, wilfred harvey, arrian, arrian on. Wikipedia article, commons category, wikidata item a translation of the greek. Alt 14 and ch 12 can adapt to small changes in a benign base metric without rerunning preprocessing in full. This work written by schoff in 1912 is one of the first published pieces on the periplus of the erythraean sea.
A copy of the license is included in the section entitled gnu free documentation license. The periplus of the erythreaen sea is an unsigned travel guide to the southern arabian peninsula, written during the. The sole reliable text of the periplus maris erythraei is h. The work is a 68chapter description of the coastlines around the indian ocean, with descriptions of the major port cities, the goods that could be had at each port, and much more. The periplus of the erythraean sea and the persian gulf.
Periplus of the erythraean sea wikisource, the free online. The periplus maris erythraei, circumnavigation of the red sea, is the single most important source of information for ancient romes ma. Red sea was a maritime designation of ancient greek geography that always included the gulf of aden between arabia felix and the horn of africa and was frequently extendedas in the famous 1stcentury periplus of the erythraean seato include the presentday red sea, persian gulf, and indian ocean as a. In the book however is added that it was written by arrian not the classical writer arrian. Download this page pdf download left page pdf download right page pdf download whole book pdf partner login required. I noticed an important typo in the personal name satchemphax must be stachemphax. Combining epigraphic indications of ethnicity and language with. To those sailing down from that place, on the right hand, after eighteen hundred stadia, there is berenice. All these approaches must know the base metrics in advance, and for good performance the metrics must be few, wellbehaved, and. Gutenberg ebook of the commerce and navigation of the erythraean sea. The periplus of the erythraean sea ebook, 1980 worldcat.
Start studying history of precolonial africa exam 2. Containing an account of the navigation of the ancients. Huntingford, gwb ed the periplus of the erythraean sea. The red sea arabic bahr al ahmar, latin mare rubrum, greek erythra. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The periplus of the erythraean sea or red sea, was written by a greek of the. The periplus of the erythraean sea is an important. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Map showing the erythraean sea off the horn of africa. View the periplus of the erythraean sea research papers on academia. Archaeological record of indian ocean engagements in the red sea. The only guidance to date or authorship must be found in the periplus itself.
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