The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek by Barry Cunliffe

The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek by Barry Cunliffe

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.

Barry Cunliffe is an Oxford University professor of European archaeology and a trustee of the British Museum.

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ISBN 13	9780142002544
ISBN 10	0142002542
Title	The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek
Author	Barry Cunliffe
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2003-03-04
Number of pages	208
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