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EUDOXUS  , of

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Cyzicus,
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Greek navigator, flourished about 130 B.C . He was employed by
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Ptolemy Euergetes, who sent out a
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fleet under him to explore the Arabian
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Sea . After two successful voyages, Eudoxus
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left the
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Egyptian service, and proceeded to
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Cadiz with the
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object of fitting out an expedition for the purpose of
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African
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discovery; and we learn from
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Strabo, who utilized the results of his observations, that the
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veteran explorer made at least two voyages southward along the
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coast of
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Africa . There is a
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good
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account of Eudoxus in E . H .
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Bunbury,
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History of
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Ancient
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Geography, ii . (1879) ; see also P . Gaffarel, Eudoxe de Cyzique (1873) .

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