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thumb|Beginning of the Periplus of the Euxine Sea|Periplous tou Euxeinou Pontou by Arrian of Nicomedia, [[Johann Froben and Nicolaus Episcopius, Basel 1533]] A periplus (), or periplous, is a manuscript document that lists the ports and coastal landmarks, in order and with approximate intervening distances, that the captain of a vessel could expect to find along a shore. In that sense, the periplus was a type of log, the nautical counterpart of the later Roman itinerarium of road stops. However, the Greek navigators added various notes, which, if they were professional geographers, as many wer