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18%OFFLionel Casson - Travel in the Ancient World - 9780801848087 - V9780801848087
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Travel in the Ancient World

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Description for Travel in the Ancient World Paperback. Rich in anecdote and colorful detail, it now returns to print in paperback with a new preface by the author. Num Pages: 408 pages, 28, 7 black & white illustrations, 21 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 570.
The only book of its kind in any language, Travel in the Ancient World offers a lively, comprehensive history of ancient travel, from the first Egyptian voyages recorded in Old Kingdom inscriptions through Greek and Roman times to the Christian pilgrimages of the fourth and sixth centuries. Rich in anecdote and colorful detail, it now returns to print in paperback with a new preface by the author.

Product Details

Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801848087
SKU
V9780801848087
Shipping Time
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About Lionel Casson
Lionel Casson is professor emeritus of classics at New York University. His books include Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World .

Reviews for Travel in the Ancient World
A masterful summary of a fascinating subject. London Sunday Times A most delightful book, written by a scholar who couples a fine sense of interesting, pragmatic problems with an impressive command of scattered evidence. Bibliotheca Orientalis

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