The Periplus furnishes a most interesting part of early commercial history. Its study enables us to have a glimpse of the first record of organized trading with the nations of the East, in vessels built and commanded by subjects of the Western World. The book was originally written in the form of notes, which has been maintained in the present translations and are of great interest giving as they do in exhaustive survey of the international trade between the great empires of Rome, Parthia, India and China together with a collection of facts touching the early trade of a number of other countries of much interest. The international trade of the modern world is everyday coming more and more under exact laws of demand and supply and in this perspective study of Periplus is of added importance.
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Good, but Out-dated,
By Eric M. Kazmierski (Cedar Rapids, IA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Periplus Of The Erythraean Sea: Travel And Trade In The Indian Ocean By A Merchant Of The First Century (Hardcover)
This work written by Schoff in 1912 is one of the first published pieces on the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. The Periplus, by an unknown Greco-Roman merchant living in Egypt in the first century A.D., has fascinated scholars interested in Roman trade with Arabia and India. Although the following commentary of the translation is a bit out-dated, the book remains one of the few works concerning the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea still available to purchase. Lionel Casson's Periplus Maris Erythraei, published in 1989, is much more accurate and contains the original Greek writing but it is however very hard to come by. Overall, a good book for someone just begining to learn about Roman trade with India and Arabia. I would also reccomend The Commerce Between the Roman Empire and India by E.H. Warmington.
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