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Hardcover Pytheas of Massalia: Texts, Translation, and Commentary Book

ISBN: 1032019980

ISBN13: 9781032019987

Pytheas of Massalia: Texts, Translation, and Commentary

Pytheas of Massalia (Marseille), mariner, explorer, geographer and astronomer, made a pioneering voyage into the then unknown Atlantic around 325 BC, reaching Britain and the Baltic; this book collects and translates the references to him and his book (which is lost), and discusses and explains them.

The Greeks of Pytheas' time knew virtually nothing of northern Europe beyond the often-fantastical stories of traders, and Pytheas was the...

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