[52] Strabo, ii. 8.
[53] Hist. of India; Notes and Observations, p. 333—and below, [p. 233].
[54] Chardin’s Travels, p. 441 et seq.
[55] Nat. Hist. xix. 3, 4.
[56] Peripl. Mar. Eux. c. 7.
[57] Acts xxviii. 13.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
CHAPTER I.
Maritime commerce of Antiquity—Coasting—Tyre—Argonautic Expedition—Queen Semiramis—The Phœnicians—Early notices of them—The prophecy of Ezekiel—Trade in tin—Origin of the name “Cassiterides Insulæ.”—Amber—Mainland trade of Phœnicia—Cause of prosperity—Carthage—Utica—Commercial policy—Trade with Spain—Trade in Africa—The commercial policy of Carthage—Limits of trade.
Maritime commerce of Antiquity.