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      Fleet Surgeon to Pharaoh

      by Sheldon A. Jacobson
      Published
      Jun 1971
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      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      320
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      In 600BC this is the remarkable tale of a Phoenician circumnavigation of Africa commissioned by Nacho II. The author, Sheldon Jacobson, has used considerable knowledge of navigation, ship building, nautical medicine, and philosophy to describe in fictional form how such a voyage could have been accomplished. Historical novel about the first sea voyage to circumnavigate Africa when a Phoenician fleet sails from Egypt around Africa. The central character is a Jewish physician who goes to Egypt to learn more about the art of medicine after the death of his wife.

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      First Edition Jun 1971 Oregon State Univ Pr ISBN13 9780870713163 ISBN10 0870713167
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      Nov 2010 Oregon State University Press ISBN10 B004BA5GKY
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