periplus

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An account of a voyage, particularly those of Hanno and Arrian, recording ports and coastal landmarks.

   “Then follows a Periplus of the Euxine-Sea, which bears the name of Arrian, and was undoubtedly written by him in the time of Adrian, as the inſcription ſhews.”

2. isim A voyage along a coast.

   “Yes sir, I have seen vessels leaving there for distant peripluses – yes yes: peripluses. Some were going to the poles, and others to the antipodes. Whereas I – I have never even set foot on the boat that goes over the estuary to Trouville.”

3. isim Synonym of circuit: the path or distance around a coast.
4. isim Synonym of circumnavigation: a voyage around an island or the world.