The Ancient Explorers

• Author(s): M. Cary, E.M. Warmington,
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Pages: 296
• ISBN_10: 1040035620
  ISBN_13: 9781040035627
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , History / Ancient / General , Social Science / Archaeology , Religion / Ancient , History / Europe / General , History / World , Religion / History , History / Social History , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Anthropology / General ,

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The Ancient Explorers (1929) examines the motives of ancient exploration by the different civilizations of the time, the primary of these being the Greeks and the Romans, and looks at the means of travel at their disposal. The book uses both historical records and modern archaeological discoveries to piece together the important journeys that expanded the known worlds of the ancient peoples.