Pytheas visited the Isle of Man in 300BC - claim.

From: Isle of Man Newspapers (Douglas, England) | Date: April 8, 2008 | Copyright information

AN Ancient Greek explorer's extraordinary voyage took him to the Isle of Man 300 years before the birth of Christ, new research claims.

Scientist and geographer Pytheas (pronounced Puth-e-as) is now believed to have visited the Island in about 325BC to take sun measurements during a three-year voyage - the first recorded circumnavigation of the British Isles.

Pytheas was born in the Greek settlement of Massalia, now Marseille, about 360BC and was a contemporary of Alexander the Great (356-323BC).

Marseille at that time was a thriving trading port in the west ...

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