, ▁polar ▁ice , ▁German ic ▁tribes ▁and ▁possibly ▁Stone hen ge . ▁ ▁Py the as ▁also ▁introduced ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁distant ▁" Th ule " ▁to ▁the ▁ge ographic ▁imagination ▁and ▁his ▁account ▁is ▁the ▁earliest ▁to ▁state ▁that ▁the ▁moon ▁is ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁the ▁t ides . ▁ ▁N earch os ' s ▁celebrated ▁voyage ▁from ▁India ▁to ▁Sus a ▁after ▁Alexander ' s ▁expedition ▁in ▁India ▁is ▁preserved ▁in ▁Ar rian ' s ▁account , ▁the ▁Ind ica . ▁Greek ▁navig ator ▁E ud ox us ▁of ▁Cy z icus ▁expl ored ▁the ▁Arab ian ▁Sea ▁for ▁P to le my ▁VIII , ▁king ▁of ▁the ▁H ellen istic ▁P to le ma ic ▁dynast y ▁in ▁Egypt . ▁According ▁to ▁P ose id on ius , ▁later ▁reported ▁in ▁Stra bo ' s ▁Geography , ▁the ▁mon so on ▁wind ▁system ▁of ▁the ▁Indian ▁Ocean ▁was ▁first ▁sa iled ▁by ▁E ud ox us ▁of ▁Cy z icus ▁in ▁ 1 1 8 ▁or ▁ 1 1 6 ▁BC . ▁ ▁N aut ical ▁charts ▁and ▁text ual ▁descri ptions ▁known ▁as ▁sail ing ▁directions ▁have ▁been ▁in ▁use ▁in ▁one ▁form ▁or ▁another ▁since ▁the ▁sixth ▁century ▁BC . ▁ ▁N aut ical ▁charts ▁using ▁s tere ographic ▁and ▁orth ographic ▁pro jections ▁date ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁second ▁century ▁BC . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 0 , ▁the ▁Ant ik y ther a ▁mechanism ▁was ▁recovered ▁from ▁Ant ik y ther a ▁w reck