Pytheas of Massalia
Geographer
Born: 359 BC, Massalia
Died: 289 BC (age 70 years)
Books: On the Ocean
Full name: Pytheas
Nationality: Greek
Known for: Earliest Greek voyage to Britain, the Baltic, and the Arctic Circle for which there is a record, author of Periplus
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two hundred men. It is not known when they sailed. Leaving Massilia, Pytheas emerged from the Mediterranean through the Strait of Gibraltar and proceeded ...
Dec 17, 2023 ˇ Pytheas sailed from his home city of Massalia (modern Marseille), a Greek colony on the southern coast of Gaul (modern France), around 325 BCE.