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  2. List of circumnavigations - Wikipedia

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    The map of Dampier's circumnavigation produced by Herman Moll (1697) The map of Ambrose Cowley's circumnavigation in the 1699 edition of his travels. The survivors of the expedition of Jacques Mahu (Dutch); 1598–1601; westward from Holland; Of Mahu's five ships only one returned.

  3. Pytheas - Wikipedia

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    Much of what is known about Pytheas comes from commentary written by historians during the classical period hundreds of years after Pytheas's journeys occurred, [5] most familiarly in Strabo's Geographica (late 1st century BC, or early 1st century AD), [6] passages in the world history written by Diodorus of Sicily between 60 and 30 BC, and ...

  4. History of navigation - Wikipedia

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    The voyage of the Greek navigator Pytheas of Massalia is a particularly notable example of a very long, early voyage. [12] A competent astronomer and geographer, [12] Pytheas ventured from Greece through the strait of Gibraltar to Western Europe and the British Isles. [12]

  5. Thule - Wikipedia

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    Strabo, in his Geographica (c. AD 30), [15] mentions Thule in describing Eratosthenes' calculation of "the breadth of the inhabited world" and notes that Pytheas says it "is a six days' sail north of Britain, and is near the frozen sea". But he then doubts this claim, writing that Pytheas has "been found, upon scrutiny, to be an arch falsifier ...

  6. 320s BC - Wikipedia

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    (around this year) - Pytheas made a voyage of naval exploration to northwestern Europe, reaching Britain and the Baltic Sea, and mentioning Thule as the farthest island to the north in the Atlantic. Macedonian Empire

  7. Early world maps - Wikipedia

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    The De Virga world map was made by Albertinus de Virga between 1411 and 1415. Albertin de Virga, a Venetian, is also known for a 1409 map of the Mediterranean, also made in Venice. The world map is circular, drawn on a piece of parchment 69.6 cm × 44 cm (27.4 in × 17.3 in). It consists of the map itself, about 44 cm (17 in) in diameter, and ...

  8. Ancient maritime history - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the migration and expansion of the ... 1250 BC World's oldest depiction of a ... The voyage of the Greek navigator Pytheas of Massalia is an example of a ...

  9. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum - Wikipedia

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    Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Latin: [tʰɛˈaːtrũː ˈɔrbɪs tɛˈrːaːrũː], "Theatre of the Lands of the World") is considered to be the first true modern atlas.Written by Abraham Ortelius, strongly encouraged by Gillis Hooftman [2] and originally printed on 20 May 1570 in Antwerp, [3] it consisted of a collection of uniform map sheets and supporting text bound to form a book for which ...