NEARCHUS  , one of the See also:

• OFFICERS

officers in the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander the j See also:

• GREAT

Great . A native of See also:

• CRETE (Gr. Kp;rrrr; Turk. Kirid, Ital. Candia)

Crete, he settled at See also:

• AMPHIPOLIS (mod. Yeni Keui)

Amphipolis in See also:

• MACEDONIA

Macedonia . In 325, when Alexander descended the See also:

• INDUS

Indus to the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, he ordered Nearchus to conduct the See also:

• FLEET

fleet to the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian Gulf . The success with which Nearchus accomplished this arduous enterprise led to his selection by Alexander for the more difficult task of circumnavigating See also:

• ARABIA

Arabia from the mouth of the See also:

• EUPHRATES (Babylon. Purattu, Heb. Perath, Arab. Frdt or Furst, Old Pers. Ufratu, Gr. Eb4 parrls)

Euphrates to the See also:

• ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

Isthmus of See also:

• SUEZ

Suez . But this project was cut See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short by the illness and See also:

• DEATH

death of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king (323) . In the troubles that followed Nearchus attached himself to Antigonus, under whom he held the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of his .old provinces of See also:

• LYCIA

Lycia and See also:

• PAMPHYLIA

Pamphylia, and probably therefore shared in the downfall (3o1) of that monarch . He wrote a detailed narrative of his expedition, of which a full abstract was embodied by See also:

• ARRIAN (FLAvrus ARRIANUS)

Arrian in his Indica—one of the most interesting See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical See also:

• TREATISES

treatises of antiquity . The See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text, with copious geographical notes, is published in C . See also:

• MULLER, FERDINAND VON, BARON (1825–1896)
• MULLER, FRIEDRICH (1749-1825)
• MULLER, GEORGE (1805-1898)
• MULLER, JOHANNES PETER (18o1-1858)
• MULLER, JOHANNES VON (1752-1809)
• MULLER, JULIUS (18oi-1878)
• MULLER, KARL OTFRIED (1797-1840)
• MULLER, LUCIAN (1836-1898)
• MULLER, WILHELM (1794-1827)
• MULLER, WILLIAM JAMES (1812-1845)

Muller's Geographi Graeci Minores, i . (1856) ; on the See also:

• TOPOGRAPHY
• TOPOGRAPHY (Gr. Toros, place, -partied', to write)

topography see W . Tomaschek, " Topographische Erlauterung der Kustenfahrt Nearchs Nom Indus bis zum Euphrat" in Sitzungsberichte der K . K .

Acad. der Wissenschaften, exxi . (See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, 189o) . See also E . H . See also:

• BANBURY

Banbury, See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

Geography, i. ch . 13; and ALEXANDER THE GREAT . Ancient authorities.—Arrian, Anab. vi . 19, 21; vii . 4, 19, 20, 25; See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch, Alexander, to, 68, 75; See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo xv. pp . 72I, 725; Diod . Sic. xvii . 104 ; See also:

• JUSTIN (JUNIANUS JUSTINUS)

Justin xiii .

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