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bltadwin.ru: The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek () by Cunliffe, Barry and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Around b.c., a remarkable adventurer named Pytheas set out from the Greek colony of Massalia (now Marseille) on the Mediterranean Sea to explore the fabled, terrifying lands of northern Europe. Renowned archaeologist Barry Cunliffe here re-creates Pytheas's unprecedented journey, which occurred almost years before Julius Caesar landed in Britain/5(45). Over 2, years ago, Pytheas of Massalia (now Marseille) embarked on an unprecedented journey to lands beyond the known boundaries of his world: the wilds of northern Europe. He was the first Gree.

An absorbing work of scholarly detection reconstructs an ancient mariner's transoceanic voyage. Pytheas, a Greek from the colony of Massalia (now Marseilles), set off sometime around b.c. to explore the Atlantic coast of Europe. Or so other ancient commentators tell us; the explorer's own memoir, On the Ocean, was lost long ago, so all we know of him comes from footnotes in the works. The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek: The Man Who Discovered Britain by Barry Cunliffe and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at bltadwin.ru - The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek by Cunliffe, Barry - AbeBooks. The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek is a wonderful examination of life along the Atlantic seaboard of Europe during the Greco-Roman period. Essentially it's a much more readable version of Cunliffe's book Facing the Ocean, and the reader of the latter will find familiar passages throughout the volume.

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