[PDF.15mx] The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek: The Man Who Discovered Britain

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

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 | #1442778 in Books |  Walker n Company |  2002-04-01 |  2002-04-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .33 x.84 x5.60l, | File type: PDF | 192 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Pytheas Explained|By melvo7|The writing style is quite compelling; I read it strait through.

The writings of Pytheas are problematic because so little survives and much of that in second and third hand accounts from other sources. I was looking for a semi-fictionalized account with flights of fancy and florid prose, but instead the technically proper, pragmatic yet|From Publishers Weekly|Over 2,300 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 Greek to do so, and upon his return, he chroni

Around 330 B.C., a remarkable man named Pytheas set out from the Greek colony of Massalia (now Marseille) to explore the fabled, terrifying lands of northern Europe―a mysterious, largely conjectural zone that, according to Greek science, was too cold to sustain human life and yet was somehow, they knew, the source of precious commodities such as tin, amber, and gold.

Whether Pytheas headed an expedition or traveled alone, he was the first literate man to visit...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek: The Man Who Discovered Britain   |  Barry Cunliffe. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

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