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| He encountered a world full of islands, a world designated in its entirety as “Bretanike,” Britain. The largest island was named “Albion,” the capital of the British Isles. A six day journey to the north brought him to “Tyle,” the legendary Thule, which was later equated with Iceland. Because, however, the North Atlantic Island was at that time uninhabited, Pytheas probably arrived at the Norwegian coast. There he was told of the natural wonders of the northern summers and winters, and the barbarians showed him the region where the sun itself came to sleep: “The sun was, as it were, always with them. In these regions night was very short, in one place three, in another, just two hours long, so that after the sun set, a short time later it rose again. Thus were the days in the summer and the nights in the winter, and there must be someplace where there is just one day and just one night.” |
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