Go Back Ancient voyages in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf, reconstructing their routes and reproducing ancient European and Islamic maps, with references to pearling in Bahrain by William Vincent
Go Back Ancient voyages in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf, reconstructing their routes and reproducing ancient European and Islamic maps, with references to pearling in Bahrain by William Vincent
Go Back Ancient voyages in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf, reconstructing their routes and reproducing ancient European and Islamic maps, with references to pearling in Bahrain by William Vincent
Go Back Ancient voyages in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf, reconstructing their routes and reproducing ancient European and Islamic maps, with references to pearling in Bahrain by William Vincent
Go Back Ancient voyages in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf, reconstructing their routes and reproducing ancient European and Islamic maps, with references to pearling in Bahrain by William Vincent
Go Back Ancient voyages in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf, reconstructing their routes and reproducing ancient European and Islamic maps, with references to pearling in Bahrain by William Vincent
Go Back Ancient voyages in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf, reconstructing their routes and reproducing ancient European and Islamic maps, with references to pearling in Bahrain by William Vincent
Go Back Ancient voyages in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf, reconstructing their routes and reproducing ancient European and Islamic maps, with references to pearling in Bahrain by William Vincent
Go Back Ancient voyages in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf, reconstructing their routes and reproducing ancient European and Islamic maps, with references to pearling in Bahrain by William Vincent
Go Back Ancient voyages in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf, reconstructing their routes and reproducing ancient European and Islamic maps, with references to pearling in Bahrain by William Vincent
Go Back Ancient voyages in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf, reconstructing their routes and reproducing ancient European and Islamic maps, with references to pearling in Bahrain by William Vincent
Go Back Ancient voyages in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf, reconstructing their routes and reproducing ancient European and Islamic maps, with references to pearling in Bahrain by William Vincent
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William Vincent

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  • A proposito di opere d'arte
    The commerce and navigation of the ancients in the Indian Ocean …
    London, T. Cadell, W. Davies, 1807. 2 volumes. 4to. With 2 aquatint frontispiece portraits, an aquatint plate, and 15 engraved plates with maps and nautical charts (12 folding), some by Alexander Dalrymple, some reproducing Islamic manuscript maps. Further with 2 folding letterpress tables. Modern half calf, marbled sides.

    Definitive second edition, revised, expanded and with additional maps, of a detailed scholarly study of ancient navigation in and cartography of the Indian Ocean, the Gulf region the Arabian peninsula and Ceylon, by William Vincent (1739-1815). Volume 1 is devoted to the 325 BCE voyage of Nearchus, a Macedonian General under Alexander the Great, from the mouth of the Indus River along the coasts of what are now Pakistan and Iran, into the Gulf. Vincent calls it "the first event of general importance to mankind in the history of navigation". The second volume continues with other classical sources for voyages to India and Ceylon, including Homer, Herodotus and Ptolemy, along with many less well known. It also covers Vasco de Gamba and other early Portuguese voyagers. An appendix on ancient maps of the world includes a map by Muhammad al-Idrisi (1099-1165/66) from a manuscript in the Bodleian Library. It also includes several references to pearl fishing in Bahrain and elsewhere.
    With stamp on both title-pages. With brown offsets from the ink of the plates onto the facing pages and a tear through the text of one leaf, but otherwise in good condition, with a few smaller and mostly marginal tears and tiny holes, a couple tears repaired on the folds of plates and other minor defects. A detailed study of ancient navigation in and around the Indian Ocean and the Gulf, with numerous excellent maps.
    Howgego N10; Goldsmith’s Lib. 19402; Kress Lib. B5275.
  • A proposito di opere artista
    William Vincent (Londra, 2 novembre 1739 – Islip, 21 dicembre 1815) è stato decano di Westminster dal 1803 al 1815. Nacque a Londra, quinto figlio di Giles Vincent e di sua moglie Sarah. William studiò alla Westminster School e dopo l'università tornò lì come usciere, o tutore, e alla fine divenne preside dal 1788 al 1802. Era stato ordinato sacerdote nel 1762 ed era stato nominato prebendatario di Westminster nel 1801. Fu anche rettore di St John's Westminster e di Islip nell'Oxfordshire. Vincent fu decano di Westminster tra il 1802-1815. Fece una petizione al Parlamento per i fondi per restaurare le fatiscenti pietre della cappella di Enrico VII e nel 1810 recitò circa dieci acri dei vicini Tothill Fields per l'uso degli studiosi della Westminster School. Vincent morì a Islip il 21 dicembre 1815 e fu sepolto nella Cappella di San Benedetto, nell'Abbazia di Westminster. I suoi scritti principali riguardavano la geografia antica, come Il Periplo del Mare Eritreo (comparso in due parti nel 1800 e nel 1805) e Il Commercio e la navigazione degli antichi nell'Oceano Indiano (2 voll., pubblicati nel 1807).

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Libri e mappeLibri antichi
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Oceano IndianoParola arabaMareAvventuraPenisola Arabica e Stati del GolfoMappa (geografica)mondo islamicoviaggio
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