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The early part of Pytheas' voyage was outlined by statements of Eratosthenes that Strabo said are false because they were taken from [clarification needed] Pytheas. [16] Apparently, Pytheas said that tides ended at the "sacred promontory" (Hieron akrōtērion, or Sagres Point), and from there to Gades is said to be 5 days' sail.
A competent astronomer and geographer, Pytheas ventured from Greece to Western Europe and the British Isles. [ 48 ] The periplus , literally "a sailing-around', in the ancient navigation of Phoenicians , Greeks , and Romans was a manuscript document that listed in order the ports and coastal landmarks, with approximate distances between, that ...
The Mediterranean Sea, between Africa and Europe The Atlantic Ocean around the plate boundaries (text is in Finnish). The African and European mainlands are non-contiguous, and the delineation between these continents is thus merely a question of which islands are to be associated with which continent.
A competent astronomer and geographer, [12] Pytheas ventured from Greece through the strait of Gibraltar to Western Europe and the British Isles. [12] Pytheas is the first known person to describe the Midnight Sun, [Note 2] polar ice, Germanic tribes and possibly Stonehenge.
British Indian Ocean Territory [e] [v] (United Kingdom) 1 1 1 ... South Africa: 2 2 2
The world ocean is divided into a number of principal oceanic areas that are delimited by the continents and various oceanographic features: these divisions are the Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean (sometimes considered an estuary of the Atlantic), Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and the Southern Ocean, defined by the International Hydrographic ...
Afro-Eurasia (also Afroeurasia and Eurafrasia) is a landmass comprising the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The terms are compound words of the names of its constituent parts. Afro-Eurasia has also been called the " Old World ", in contrast to the " New World " referring to the Americas .
The Greek explorer Pytheas of the Greek city of Massalia (now Marseille, France) is the first to have written of Thule, after his travels between 330 and 320 BC.Pytheas mentioned going to Thule in his now lost work, On The Ocean Τὰ περὶ τοῦ Ὠκεανοῦ (ta peri tou Okeanou).