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Thule
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Thule a country described by the ancient Greek explorer Pytheas (
c.310 bc) as being six days' sail north of Britain, variously identified with Iceland, the Shetland Islands, and most plausibly, Norway. It was regarded by the ancients as the northernmost part of the world. (See also
Ultima Thule.)
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-PYTHEAS: New version of Pytheas Mailgate -- a low- cost POP3 Internet solution.
M2 Presswire; 10/14/1998; 596 words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-14 October 1998-PYTHEAS: New version of Pytheas Mailgate -- a low-cost POP3 Internet solution (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:131098 PYTHEAS Software and Services, a French groupware publisher...
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 "Isle of Man Newspapers (Douglas, England)")
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Pytheas visited the Isle of Man in 300BC - claim.
Newspaper article from: Isle of Man Newspapers (Douglas, England); 4/8/2008; 700+ words
; ...research claims. Scientist and geographer Pytheas (pronounced Puth-e-as) is now believed...circumnavigation of the British Isles. Pytheas was born in the Greek settlement of Massalia...the west Mediterranean. The purpose of Pytheas's voyage round the British Isles is...
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Tuesday Book: The explorer who stumbled upon Britain The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek by Barry Cunliffe (Allen Lane, pounds 12.99)
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/30/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...s Professor of European Archaeology. Pytheas lived about 2,300 years ago in the Greek...sources of raw material and new markets. Pytheas, "sailor, merchant, scientist, explorer...believes. All we actually know about Pytheas is that he did make a voyage to ultima...
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The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek.
Magazine article from: Science News; 8/24/2002; 438 words
; BARRY CUNLIFFE In 320 B.C., Pytheas of Massalia (now known as Marseilles...archaeological record and the surviving writings of Pytheas' contemporaries, Cunliffe assembles a plausible retracing of Pytheas' voyage to file tin fields of Brittany...
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The extraordinary voyage of Pytheas the Greek.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Bandolier; 11/1/2002; 638 words
; The extraordinary voyage of Pytheas the Greek. Barry Cunliffe, Allen...topic that clearly excites him. The Pytheas in question was a native of the Greek...Mediterranean. Cunliffe sets out to recreate Pytheas' book, "On the Ocean", from fragments...
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The extraordinary voyage of Pytheas the Greek. (Europe). (book review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 12/1/2001; ; 449 words
; BARRY CUNLIFFE. The extraordinary voyage of Pytheas the Greek. ix+182 pages, maps, 1 table. 2001. London...pounds sterling]. In reconstructing the expedition of Pytheas, in the 4th century BC, from Marseilles to Orkney -- or...
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The Extraordinary Voyages Of Pytheas The Greek.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Geographical; 3/1/2003; 387 words
; ...Roughly 2,30.0 years ago, a Greek expedition headed by Pytheas set out to explore northern Europe, a region deemed too cold...evidence and written records, author Barry Cunliffe recreates Pytheas's journey to the British Isles, along the German coast and...
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PYTHEAS CENTER RECOGNIZES UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS MUSIC SCHOLAR
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/8/2009; 528 words
; ...St. Louis, has been named a composer of the month by the Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music. As of yesterday (Nov. 3...performances. "I am deeply honored to be featured as one of the Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music's composers of the month...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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First description of Britain.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 10/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...MICHAEL WOOD THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE OF PYTHEAS THE GREEK: The Man Who Discovered Britain...native of the Greek colony at Marseille, Pytheas the Greek embarked on an astonishing voyage...many in the ancient world doubted that Pytheas had ever seen what he described. In Roman...
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First description of Britain
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 10/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE OF PYTHEAS THE GREEK: The Man Who Discovered...of the Greek colony at Marseille, Pytheas the Greek embarked on an astonishing...many in the ancient world doubted that Pytheas had ever seen what he described. In...
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Pytheas of Massalia
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
PYTHEAS OF MASSALIA ( fl . Massalia [now Marseilles...b.c.) geography. The tradition of Pytheas ’ work is defective and controversial...challenges explanation. It is not known how Pytheas arrived at Thule or where it was located...
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Pytheas
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Pytheas Pytheas (c. 380 B.C.-c. 300 B.C.), a Greek explorer from the city...all the way around Britain and wrote the first account of Scandinavia. Pytheas was born in the Greek colony of Massalia on the south coast of France...
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Tides
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...of ocean tides was the Greek geographer Pytheas of Massalia. In about the third century BC, Pytheas traveled outside the Straits of Gibraltar...which was more familiar to the Greeks.) Pytheas proposed an explanation for tidal action...
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History of Exploration I (Ancient and Classical)
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan. He searched for new trade routes and a way to break the Phoenician trade monopoly. Pytheas sailed to the coast of modern France and established a Greek port and military garrison at Massalia (Marseilles). He then...
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Tin
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...countries in the Mediterranean area, but kept the source a secret. It wasn't until 310 b.c. that the Greek explorer Pytheas discovered the location of the mines near what is now Cornwall, England. Much of the impetus for the Roman invasion of Britain...
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