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Page 10
... Cassiterides , of which Herodotus tells us he knows nothing , are almost certainly neither the British nor the Scilly islands , but , as Mr. Elton has shown ( Origins of English History , ' p . 18 ) , " the islands situated in the ...
... Cassiterides , of which Herodotus tells us he knows nothing , are almost certainly neither the British nor the Scilly islands , but , as Mr. Elton has shown ( Origins of English History , ' p . 18 ) , " the islands situated in the ...
Page 112
... Cassiterides consisted of ten islands , and Hey- lyn gives the names of ten more esteemed than the rest . With reference to the name of Albion , it is very probable that many readers of N. & Q. ' have not seen the account of its origin ...
... Cassiterides consisted of ten islands , and Hey- lyn gives the names of ten more esteemed than the rest . With reference to the name of Albion , it is very probable that many readers of N. & Q. ' have not seen the account of its origin ...
Page 205
... Cassiterides or Tin Islands of the ancients , principally because the ancient geographers ( with the doubtful ex- ception of Strabo ) describe them as being off the north - western coast of Spain , above the country of the Lusitanians ...
... Cassiterides or Tin Islands of the ancients , principally because the ancient geographers ( with the doubtful ex- ception of Strabo ) describe them as being off the north - western coast of Spain , above the country of the Lusitanians ...
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