# The Commerce and Navigation of the Erythræan Sea Being a Translation of the Periplus Maris Erythræi, by an Anonymous Writer, and of Arrian's Account of the Voyage of Nearkhos, from the Mouth of the Indus to the Head of the Persian Gulf

Author: McCrindle, John Watson, 1825-1913 [Translator]

Genre: Category: Travel Writing

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55054

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## Summary

In the Preface to my former work, “Ancient India as described by Megasthenês and Arrian,” I informed the reader that it was my intention to publish from time to time translations of the Greek and Latin works which relate to ancient India, until the series should be exhausted, and the present volume is the second instalment towards the fulfilment of that undertaking. It contains a translation of the _Periplûs_ (_i. e. Circumnavigation_) _of the Erythræan Sea_, together with a translation of the second part of the _Indika_ of Arrian describing the celebrated voyage made by Nearkhos from the mouth of the Indus to the head of the Persian Gulf. Arrian’s narrative, copied from the Journal of th...

## Chapters

- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-commerce-and-navigation-of-the-erythr-an-sea-being-a-transl-ee1a26f7/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-commerce-and-navigation-of-the-erythr-an-sea-being-a-transl-ee1a26f7/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-commerce-and-navigation-of-the-erythr-an-sea-being-a-transl-ee1a26f7/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-commerce-and-navigation-of-the-erythr-an-sea-being-a-transl-ee1a26f7/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-commerce-and-navigation-of-the-erythr-an-sea-being-a-transl-ee1a26f7/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-commerce-and-navigation-of-the-erythr-an-sea-being-a-transl-ee1a26f7/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-commerce-and-navigation-of-the-erythr-an-sea-being-a-transl-ee1a26f7/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-commerce-and-navigation-of-the-erythr-an-sea-being-a-transl-ee1a26f7/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-commerce-and-navigation-of-the-erythr-an-sea-being-a-transl-ee1a26f7/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-commerce-and-navigation-of-the-erythr-an-sea-being-a-transl-ee1a26f7/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-commerce-and-navigation-of-the-erythr-an-sea-being-a-transl-ee1a26f7/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-commerce-and-navigation-of-the-erythr-an-sea-being-a-transl-ee1a26f7/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-commerce-and-navigation-of-the-erythr-an-sea-being-a-transl-ee1a26f7/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-commerce-and-navigation-of-the-erythr-an-sea-being-a-transl-ee1a26f7/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-commerce-and-navigation-of-the-erythr-an-sea-being-a-transl-ee1a26f7/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-commerce-and-navigation-of-the-erythr-an-sea-being-a-transl-ee1a26f7/chapters/11/index.md)