periplus

noun4

1. •
   A voyage along a coast.
2. •
   Synonym of circumnavigation: a voyage around an island or the world.
3. •
   An account of a voyage, particularly those of Hanno and Arrian, recording ports and coastal landmarks.

   • Then follows a Periplus of the Euxine-Sea, which bears the name of Arrian, and was undoubtedly written by him in the time of Adrian, as the inscription shews. — 1738
4. •
   Synonym of circuit: the path or distance around a coast.