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Cunliffe, Barry

 
9780802713933: The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek
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ISBN 10 : 0802713939 ISBN 13 : 9780802713933
Editeur : Walker & Co, 2002

Synopsis

Book by Cunliffe Barry

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Biographie de l'auteur

Barry Cunliffe is professor of European archaeology at Oxford University. His books include The Ancient Celts and Facing the Ocean: The Atlantic and Its Peoples.

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Éditeur
Walker & Co
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0802713939
ISBN 13 
9780802713933
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
195
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