Excerpt from Excavations on the Island of Pseira, Crete The island measures some two miles north and south and at no point is more than a mile in width. The west coast is formed by a line of huge cliffs, which rise sheer from the sea to a height of 800 feet; on the east the land siopes sharply down to the shore. The eastern coast line is indented by three sandy coves separated from one another by tongues of land, the central one of which juts out into the sea for some two hundred yards. On the top and sides of this narrow ...
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Excerpt from Excavations on the Island of Pseira, Crete The island measures some two miles north and south and at no point is more than a mile in width. The west coast is formed by a line of huge cliffs, which rise sheer from the sea to a height of 800 feet; on the east the land siopes sharply down to the shore. The eastern coast line is indented by three sandy coves separated from one another by tongues of land, the central one of which juts out into the sea for some two hundred yards. On the top and sides of this narrow point and on the adjoining hillside to the south once lay a ourishing Minoan settlement which evidently owed its existence to the excellent harborage for small craft offered by the sheltered cove on the south side of the point. It is exposed solely to the east, and an easterly gale is a thing of rare occurrence in Cretan waters (plate III). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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