VINCENT, WILLIAM (Ed.): - The Voyage of Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates, collected from the original journal preserved by Arrian, and Illustrated by authorities ancient and modern; Containing an account of the first navigation attempted by Europeans in the Indian Ocean. London, printed for T. Cadell, jun, and W. Davies, 1797.

. 4to. Pp. xv, 530, errata (2). With engraved frontispiece (small marginal loss of outer front corner) and six engraved maps and charts (four large folding). A few illustrations in the text. Contemporary full calf, covers with decorated gilt border, flat spine gilt, inner gilt dentelles, beautiful marbled endpapers with matching edges, worn and spine restored. One leaf with clean tear without loss. Some offsetting from maps to text, otherwise a good copy with wide margins. First edition. This work contains an English version of Arrian's account of Nearchus' famous voyage from the Indus to the Tigris in 326-4 B.C. Nearchus of Crete, a commander of Alexander the Great's fleet, undertook several independent expeditions during Alexander's campaigns across Asia. After Alexander's death, Nearchus wrote a book about the adventures, which is now lost. A summary of Nearchus' work can be found in Arrian's work called Indica, written in the 2nd century AD. "My purpose was not to translate Arrian, but to make him intelligible to an English reader, and to investigate a variety of subjects, historical, geographical and commercial" (preface). Howgego N10.

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