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A major river in South Asia that served as a significant geographical boundary and cultural reference point in classical and early modern texts, often associated with the limits of Alexander the Great's conquests. It appeared in cosmographies as a site of exotic flora and ancient wisdom.

23.9944° N, 67.4308° E

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India

Cosmographia (Geography)Petrarch: Sonnets with Commentary (1519)Brihat Samhita (Kern 1865 ed.)海國圖志(11)+77 more

Rome

Cosmographia (Geography)Petrarch: Sonnets with Commentary (1519)Magnes sive De Arte Magnetica Liberty, Order and Law Under Native Irish Rule+64 more

Egypt

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Aristotle

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Babylon

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Italy

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Athens

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Persia

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Greece

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Spain

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Plato

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Germany

Cosmographia (Geography)Kepler: Astronomia Nova (1609 Prague)Petrarch: Sonnets with Commentary (1519)Magnes sive De Arte Magnetica+34 more

Paris

Kepler: Astronomia Nova (1609 Prague)Magick in Theory and Practice Magick in Theory and Practice Calendar, Cycles, and Annals+28 more

Jerusalem

Cosmographia (Geography)Petrarch: Sonnets with Commentary (1519)Calendar, Cycles, and Annals Epistolarum Medicinalium Libri Quinque+27 more

France

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Appears in 72 Books

Cosmographia (Geography)

Claudius Ptolemy

p. 121 p. 122 p. 123 p. 124 p. 125 p. 126 p. 127 p. 128 p. 129 p. 130

Kepler: Astronomia Nova (1609 Prague)

Johannes Kepler

p. 25 p. 26 p. 27 p. 28 p. 29 p. 30

Petrarch: Sonnets with Commentary (1519)

Francesco Petrarca

p. 561 p. 562 p. 563 p. 564 p. 565 p. 566 p. 567

Magnes sive De Arte Magnetica

Athanasius Kircher

p. 43 p. 44 p. 45 p. 46 p. 47 p. 48

Brihat Samhita (Kern 1865 ed.)

Varahamihira; ed. H. Kern

p. 183 p. 184 p. 185 p. 186 p. 187 p. 188 p. 189 p. 190 p. 191 p. 192+10 more pages

Brihat Samhita (Venkateshwara Steam Press)

Varahamihira; ed. Baldev Prasad Misra

p. 70 p. 71 p. 72 p. 73 p. 74 p. 75 p. 76 p. 77 p. 78

海國圖志(11)

魏源

p. 49 p. 50 p. 51 p. 52 p. 53 p. 54 p. 55 p. 56 p. 57 p. 58+6 more pages

Liberty, Order and Law Under Native Irish Rule

Eoin MacNeill

p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10+15 more pages

Sergius uel Capitis Caput

Johann Reuchlin

p. 31 p. 32 p. 33 p. 34 p. 35 p. 36 p. 37 p. 38

Ancient Fragments (Cory) - Chaldean, Phoenician, Egyptian

Isaac Preston Cory

p. 27 p. 28 p. 29 p. 30 p. 31

Calendar, Cycles, and Annals

Anonymous (Einsiedeln Abbey)

p. 101 p. 102 p. 103 p. 104 p. 105 p. 106 p. 107 p. 108 p. 109 p. 110+4 more pages

Magick in Theory and Practice

Aleister Crowley

p. 463 p. 464 p. 465 p. 466 p. 467 p. 468 p. 469 p. 470 p. 471 p. 472+4 more pages

Bha Vigyanam

Unknown

p. 151 p. 152 p. 153 p. 154 p. 155 p. 156 p. 157 p. 158 p. 159 p. 160+3 more pages

Epistolarum Medicinalium Libri Quinque

Pietro Andrea Mattioli

p. 106 p. 107 p. 108 p. 109 p. 110 p. 111 p. 112 p. 113 p. 114 p. 115+2 more pages

C. Plini Secundi Naturalis Historiae Libri XXXVII (Jan/Mayhoff)

Pliny the Elder; C.F.W. Jan; C. Mayhoff (eds.)

p. 475 p. 476 p. 477 p. 478 p. 479 p. 480 p. 481 p. 482 p. 483 p. 484+25 more pages

Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana (Aldine Press)

Philostratus

p. 63 p. 64 p. 65 p. 66 p. 67 p. 68 p. 69 p. 70 p. 71 p. 72+43 more pages

Historiae Naturalis libri XXXVII

Pliny the Elder

p. 119 p. 120 p. 121 p. 122 p. 123 p. 124 p. 125 p. 126 p. 127 p. 128+1 more pages

Geographia

Claudius Ptolemy

p. 510 p. 511 p. 512 p. 513 p. 514 p. 515 p. 516 p. 517 p. 518 p. 519+25 more pages

De Imperio Magni Mogolis

Elzevir Respublica Series

p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10 p. 11+80 more pages

Museum Wormianum

Ole Worm

p. 169 p. 170 p. 171 p. 172 p. 173 p. 174 p. 175 p. 176 p. 177 p. 178+1 more pages

Gerard de Jode — Speculum orbis terrae (1578)

Gerard de Jode

p. 35 p. 36 p. 37 p. 38 p. 39 p. 40

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli

p. 812 p. 813 p. 814 p. 815 p. 816 p. 817 p. 818

Magneticum Naturae Regnum

Athanasius Kircher

p. 42 p. 43 p. 44 p. 45 p. 46 p. 47 p. 48 p. 49 p. 50 p. 51+17 more pages

海國圖志(16)

魏源

p. 54 p. 55 p. 56 p. 57 p. 58 p. 59 p. 60 p. 61 p. 62 p. 63+15 more pages

海國圖志(10)

魏源

p. 97 p. 98 p. 99 p. 100 p. 101 p. 102 p. 103 p. 104 p. 105 p. 106+27 more pages

Scheeps-Togt van Edward Terry Capellaan van den Ambassadeur Thomas Roe, na Oost-Indien; met een vloot van...

Terry, Edward

p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10+18 more pages

Description of the World

Dionysius Periegetes (printed by Robert Estienne)

p. 164 p. 165 p. 166 p. 167 p. 168 p. 169 p. 170 p. 171 p. 172 p. 173+3 more pages

The Periplus of Arrian and Hanno

Arrian (ed. Henri II Estienne)

p. 108 p. 109 p. 110 p. 111 p. 112 p. 113 p. 114 p. 115 p. 116 p. 117+43 more pages

Buddhist Art in India

Albert Grünwedel

p. 182 p. 183 p. 184 p. 185 p. 186 p. 187 p. 188 p. 189 p. 190 p. 191+4 more pages

Tractatus sive Physiologia Nova de Magnete

William Gilbert

p. 307 p. 308 p. 309 p. 310 p. 311 p. 312 p. 313 p. 314 p. 315 p. 316+10 more pages

The Geography of Strabo, Vol. VII (Loeb, Jones 1917)

Strabo (trans. Horace Leonard Jones)

p. 43 p. 44 p. 45 p. 46 p. 47 p. 48 p. 49 p. 50 p. 51 p. 52+69 more pages

History of Alexander the Great

Curtius Rufus

p. 289 p. 290 p. 291 p. 292 p. 293 p. 294 p. 295 p. 296 p. 297 p. 298+14 more pages

The System of the World: A History of Cosmological Doctrines from Plato to Copernicus, Vol. II

Pierre Duhem

p. 279 p. 280 p. 281 p. 282 p. 283 p. 284 p. 285 p. 286 p. 287 p. 288+7 more pages

Tien-jaarige scheeps-togten en heldhaftige krygsbedryven te water en te land, door Nuno da Cunha, als gou...

Cunha, Nuno da

p. 340 p. 341 p. 342 p. 343 p. 344 p. 345 p. 346 p. 347 p. 348 p. 349+15 more pages

Atlas minor, das ist: Eine kurtze jedoch gründliche Beschreibung der gantzen Weldt in zwey Theile abgeth...

Mercator, Gerard

p. 415 p. 416 p. 417 p. 418 p. 419 p. 420 p. 421

Minor Latin Poets, Vol. I

Aemilius Baehrens

p. 350 p. 351 p. 352 p. 353 p. 354 p. 355 p. 356 p. 357 p. 358 p. 359+1 more pages

Natural History

Pliny the Elder

p. 115 p. 116 p. 117 p. 118 p. 119 p. 120 p. 121 p. 122

A Compendious History of the Dynasties

Bar Hebraeus

p. 445 p. 446 p. 447 p. 448 p. 449 p. 450 p. 451 p. 452 p. 453 p. 454+15 more pages

The Geography of Strabo, Vol. VIII (Loeb)

Strabo

p. 379 p. 380 p. 381 p. 382 p. 383 p. 384 p. 385 p. 386 p. 387 p. 388+2 more pages

Philippic Histories of Justin

Justin

p. 221 p. 222 p. 223 p. 224 p. 225 p. 226 p. 227 p. 228 p. 229

Philippic Histories, Vols. I-II

Justin

p. 217 p. 218 p. 219 p. 220 p. 221 p. 222 p. 223 p. 224 p. 225

Pliny Natural History, Vol. VII (Loeb Latin-English)

Pliny the Elder

p. 134 p. 135 p. 136 p. 137 p. 138 p. 139 p. 140 p. 141 p. 142 p. 143+18 more pages

Life of Apollonius of Tyana, vol. 1

Philostratus

p. 173 p. 174 p. 175 p. 176 p. 177 p. 178 p. 179 p. 180 p. 181 p. 182+17 more pages

Pliny Natural History, Vol. II (Loeb Latin-English)

Pliny the Elder

p. 382 p. 383 p. 384 p. 385 p. 386 p. 387 p. 388 p. 389 p. 390 p. 391+37 more pages

Minor Greek Geographers, Volume 2

Karl Müller (ed.)

p. 238 p. 239 p. 240 p. 241 p. 242 p. 243 p. 244 p. 245 p. 246 p. 247+27 more pages

harley ms 3859

Aethicus Ister; Macrobius; Solinus

p. 503 p. 504 p. 505 p. 506 p. 507 p. 508 p. 509 p. 510 p. 511 p. 512+3 more pages

Ancient and Modern Shipbuilding and Management

Nicolaes Witsen

p. 314 p. 315 p. 316 p. 317 p. 318 p. 319 p. 320 p. 321 p. 322 p. 323+1 more pages

Ancient Fragments (Cory) - Chaldean, Phoenician, Egyptian

Isaac Preston Cory

p. 223 p. 224 p. 225 p. 226 p. 227 p. 228 p. 229 p. 230 p. 231 p. 232+4 more pages

Religious Thought and Life in India

Monier Monier-Williams

p. 463 p. 464 p. 465 p. 466 p. 467 p. 468 p. 469 p. 470 p. 471 p. 472+6 more pages

The History of Indian Literature

Albrecht Weber

p. 62 p. 63 p. 64 p. 65 p. 66 p. 67 p. 68 p. 69 p. 70 p. 71+2 more pages

The Histories, Books 3-4

Herodotus

p. 265 p. 266 p. 267 p. 268 p. 269 p. 270 p. 271 p. 272 p. 273 p. 274+6 more pages

The Library of History

Diodorus Siculus

p. 115 p. 116 p. 117 p. 118 p. 119 p. 120 p. 121 p. 122 p. 123 p. 640+16 more pages

Commentary on Dionysius Periegetes' Description of the World

Bēssariōn, Cardinal, 1403–1472; Eustathius, Archbishop of Thessalonica, -approximately 1194; Orville, Jacques-Philippe d', 1696–1751; Banks, Rev. John Cleaver, approximately 1766–1845; Orville, Jean d', 1734-; Orville, Jean d', 18th century; Andronicus Callistus, –1478