The Christian Topography of Cosmas, an Egyptian Monk : Translated from the Greek, and Edited with Notes and Introduction

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The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. This volume, first published in 1897, contains the first English translation of Cosmas Indicopleustes' description of his travels to India, Sri Lanka and Ethiopia, written c.550 C.E.