The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek

Barry Cunliffe

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Author(s)

Barry Cunliffe

Publisher, year

London : Penguin Books, 2002

Scope

195 p., illustrated, 20 cm.

ISBN

0142002542

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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 chronicled his adventures in On the Ocean.

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Location

Cabinet 23 - 6 The Sea ; The Coast

Remarks

Includes Bibliography and Index.