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periplus
thumb|Beginning of the Periplus of the Euxine Sea|Periplous tou Euxeinou Pontou by Arrian of Nicomedia, [[Johann Froben and Nicolaus Episcopius, Basel 1533]]
A periplus (), or periplous, is a manuscript document that lists the ports and coastal landmarks, in order and with approximate intervening distances, that the captain of a vessel could expect to find along a shore. In that sense, the periplus was a type of log, the nautical counterpart of the later Roman itinerarium of road stops. However, the Greek navigators added various notes, which, if they were professional geographers, as many wer
Jane's Fighting Ships
periodical
Book of the Consulate of the Sea
compilation of maritime law in the Mediterranean Sea (published 1320-30)
Massaliote Periplus
book by anonymus
The American Practical Navigator
19th-century encyclopedia of maritime navigation