[WILLIAM FALCONER]: ARRIANS VOYAGE ROUND THE EUXINE SEA TRANLATED AND ACCOMPANIED WITH A GEOGRAPHICAL DISSERTATION AND DISCOURSES ON THE TRADE TO THE EAST INDIES BY MEANS OF THE EUXINE SEA. LONDON 1805 First edition, in Large 4to, modern leather on spine over contemporary boards, a large uncut copy, Boards very slightly rubbed, some scattered spotting, complete: 212p. and three plates, including two folded engraved maps, overall in very good condition. The Black sea was completely open by the Ottomans to the international trade only in 1802. This prompted the interest of the British who translated,for the very first time, Arrianus ancient periplous of Pontos in English, coupled with a detailed contemporary geographical presentation and a trade dissertation examining the possibilities to trade to India via the Black sea. This suggested commercial road, through Trebizond,had quickly began very profitable and boosted Pontic Greeks economic surge in the 19th century. A landmark early publication for Pontos