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Cyzicus, See also:Greek navigator, flourished about 130 B.C. He was employed by See also:Ptolemy Euergetes, who sent out a See also:fleet under him to explore the Arabian See also:Sea. After two successful voyages, Eudoxus See also:left the See also:Egyptian service, and proceeded to See also:Cadiz with the See also:object of fitting out an expedition for the purpose of See also:African See also:discovery; and we learn from See also:Strabo, who utilized the results of his observations, that the See also:veteran explorer made at least two voyages southward along the See also:coast of See also:Africa. There is a See also:good See also:account of Eudoxus in E. H. See also:Bunbury, See also:History of See also:Ancient See also:Geography, ii. (1879) ; see also P. Gaffarel, Eudoxe de Cyzique (1873).

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