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ancients and the writers of the middle
ages, Universal Geography of
Eratosthenes, !:* ">io; 'Map of
the World '
of Hipparchus, 545;
Geographies, of Strabo, 555 558 ;
of Claudius Ptolemams, 558562 ;
of El Istiichri and Alhassen, 584,
585; of Dicuil, 608; of Albertus
Magnus, 018; Picture of the World
of Cardinal Alliaco, 620, 621 Plani-
;
spheritun of Sanuto, 627, 628; Sea-
chart of Paolo Toscanelli, 637, 638;
Map of the World by Juan de la
Cosa, 639 ; World-apple of Martin
Behaini, 645, 646 ; Hydrography of
Job.. Rotz, 649 ; Valuation chart of
Santa Cruz, 658.
Gerard, his illustrations to the '
Lusiad'
of Camoens, 426.
Germanic nations, their poetry, 397
400; love of nature in the Minnesingers,
399, 400; their 'Animal
Epos,' its genuine delight in nature,
401, 402.
Gibbon, his estimate of the extent of
the Roman empire, 548; on the
nomadic life of the Arabs as com-
pared with that of the Scythians,
577, 578.
Gilbert, William, of Colchester, on the
compass, 656, 658; magnetic discoveries,
717, 718; observations on
electricity, 725727.
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 662, 663.
Giorgione, 446.
Gobar (Arabian ' dust writing'), 598.
Goethe, his fine distichs on the appearance
of Forster's translation of the
Sacontala, 405 ; profound veneration
for Nature in his works. 439.
Gold-sand, region of, in Northern Asia,
its locality, 511, 512.
Goldstacker, Herr Theodor, MS.
Notes on Indian Literature, 406
408.
Gravitation, general discovery of, 690,
691.
Greece, peculiar charm of its scenery,
376. 506 ; heightened by its deeply
indented shore line, 377, 506.
Greeks, in frequency of a poetic treatment
of nature in their writings, 373,
374; mythical treatment of the
vegetable world, 377; decay of the
true Hellenic poetry in the time of
Alexander, 378 ; deep feeling for
nature in the Greek anthology, 379;
Greek prose writers, 380, 361;
Greek fathers, descriptions of Na-
ture in their writings, 393 396;
landscape painting, 440 444; Greek
language, its magical power over
all kindred and foreign nations, 471 ;
their voyages of discovery, 481 ;
intercourse with Egypt, 489, 490,
506; mental characteristics of the
Greek races,506; their early maritime
expeditions, 481,506,607; elucidation
of the myths of the Argonautic
expedition, Prometheus, lo, and
others, 508 511; colonies, 512
515; mental and artistical cultivation,
513, 614; important results of
the campaigns of Alexander, 617
535, 560; celebrated scientific wri-
ters, 550, 551; revival of the study
of Greek literature in the middle
ages, 622, 623.
Gregory of Nazianzum, letter of Basil
the Great to, 393, 394; his beautiful
poem ' On the nature of Man,'
395.
Gregory of Nyssa, plaintive expressions
regarding nature in his writings,
395.
Greenland, first colonisation of, 603,
604606.
Grimm, Wilhelm, on the Minne.
singers, 399, 400.
Gudrun, old German epos, 399.
Guerike, Otto von, discoverer of the
air-pump, 727.
Guillen, Felipi,
variation-compass, 658, 672.
Gunpowder,
590, 591.
its invention discussed
constructed the first
Hafiz, Persian poet, 410.
Haller, his local descriptions, 434.
Halley, Edmund, theory of four magnetic
poles, 719; on the northern
lights, 719 ; atmospheric currents,
724.
Hamamat, sculptural inscriptions of,
488.
Happy Islands, of the ancients, 496.
Haroun Al-Raschid, curious clock, presented
by, to the Emperor Frederick
II., 591,' 592.
Harriott, Thomas, observations by, ol