Eschenburg, J[ohann] J[oachim], 1743-1820. [from old catalog], Fiske, Nathan Welby, 1798-1847, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · Philadelphia, E. C. Biddle · leaf 66
agoras ; Icaria, which gave name to the Icarian sea; Patmos (Palmossa), where theApostle John wrote the Revelations; Cos, the native country of Harpocrates; Car-pathus (Scarpanto), which gave name to the Carpathian sea; and Ehodus (Rhodes).—This latter island contained three cities, Lindus,… … p. I. ASIA. EASTERN DIVISION. INDIA. PERSIA. 43 down by an earthquake about B. C. 225, and having long lain prostrate was broken up by theSaracens when they became masters of the island, in the seventh century. § 148. Greta (Crete or Candia), at the entrance of the iEgean, was the most cele-brated…
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