Another early ref to Britain from beyond the bounds of the Roman Empire is in the 10thC Persian Hudud al-'Alam, written in N. Afghanistan:pic.twitter.com/xuHfC0qEeE
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Another early ref to Britain from beyond the bounds of the Roman Empire is in the 10thC Persian Hudud al-'Alam, written in N. Afghanistan:pic.twitter.com/xuHfC0qEeE
Africa, Europe (w/ Britain?)+an unshaded Mediterranean on Korean Kangnido map of 1402, based on 14thC Chinese maps https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GeneralMapOfDistancesAndHistoricCapitals.jpg …pic.twitter.com/zWzN3FjD1Z
If Britain is name off coast of France+Spain, then=earliest Chinese/Korean reference... Map incl 100+ European names e.g Marseilles+Germany!
Irish records surely earlier? Maybe some Norse texts too?
Hah! True! Tho' tied in w/ Empire (https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/worlds-apart.htm … & http://irisharchaeology.ie/2011/11/roman-contacts-with-ireland/ …) & I was thinking more globally ;)
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Thank you, that's very kind of you to say---I'll certainly have a look! :)
a few refs in ireland a deal earlier I would say.
lol! True! Tho' arguably tied in w/ Empire (https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/worlds-apart.htm … & http://irisharchaeology.ie/2011/11/roman-contacts-with-ireland/ …) & was thinking more globally ;)
@MedievalMJJ shhhh, you'll give @theresa_may ideas
fascinating! Thanks for sharing Doc 
sounds to me like it could be Dunbarton. Dun Breatainn; the fort of the Britons. Distances about right and faces west.
reference to there being no civilsuation beyond there sounds very similar to Calgacus before the battle of Mons Graupius.
the last of the land of the Greeks could refer to Galos, husband of the princes Scota, who was apparently Greek
@cstross I think this is what is now called Wales.
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