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The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek: The Man Who Discovered Britain

The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek: The Man Who Discovered Britain

The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek: The Man Who Discovered Britain

The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek: The Man Who Discovered Britain

by Barry Cunliffe

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Allen Lane / The Penguin Press, 2001. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Around 330 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 300 years before Julius Caesar landed in Britain. Beginning with an invaluable pocket history of early Mediterranean civilization, Cunliffe illuminates what Pytheas would have seen and experienced—the route he likely took to reach Brittany, then Britain, Iceland, and Denmark; and evidence of the ancient cultures he would have encountered on shore. The discoveries Pytheas made would reverberate throughout the civilized world for years to come, and in recounting his extraordinary voyage, Cunliffe chronicles an essential chapter in the history of civilization.

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Title
The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek: The Man Who Discovered Britain
Author
Barry Cunliffe
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Hardcover
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ISBN 10
0713995092
ISBN 13
9780713995091
Publisher
Allen Lane / The Penguin Press
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London
Date Published
2001

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