 | Sir Edward Herbert Bunbury - Classical geography - 1879 - 802 pages
...is singularly poor and meagre, considering that he was a native of the island.9 To these anappended, as it were in passing, a brief notice of an island...though greatly exaggerated, representing it as of larir<% size and containing navigable rivers;1 and a tolerably full account of the British Islands.... | |
 | Edward Herbert Bunbury - Classical geography - 1883 - 792 pages
...and as we are indeed informed by Diodorus himself — directly from Agatharchides and Artemidorus,7 and which would have been an important accession to...the coast of Africa, which would appear to be based npon the accounts of the recently discovered island already noticed, though greatly exaggerated, representing... | |
 | Edward Herbert Bunbury - Classical geography - 1883 - 804 pages
...his account of Sicily is singularly poor and meagre, considering that he was a native of the island.8 To these. are appended, as it were in passing, a brief...representing it as of large size and containing navigable rivers;1 and a tolerably full account of the British Islands. This last is evidently derived in great... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1886 - 522 pages
...says "Diodorus Siculus relates that the Phoenicians discovered a large island in the Atlantic Ocean beyond the Pillars of Hercules, several days' sail from the coast of Africa. This island abounded in all manner of riches, &c." (p. 28), corresponding to Plato's description. If... | |
 | Hyde Clarke - Atlantis (Legendary place) - 1886 - 60 pages
...Diodorus Siculus for the statement that the Phoenicians discovered a large island in the Atlantic Ocean, beyond the Pillars of Hercules, several days' sail from the coast of Africa. This island abounded in all manner of riches. The soil was exceedingly fertile; the scenery was diversified... | |
 | John Marcus Dickey - 1892 - 472 pages
...WESTERN ISLAND. There is a Phoenician legend that a large island was discovered in the Atlantic Ocean, beyond the Pillars of Hercules, several days' sail from the coast of Africa. This island abounded in all manner of riches. The soil was exceedingly fertile; the scenery was diversified... | |
 | John Marcus Dickey - 1892 - 506 pages
...WESTERN ISLAND. There is a Phoenician legend that a large island was discovered in the Atlantic Ocean, beyond the Pillars of Hercules, several days' sail from the coast of Africa. This island abounded in all manner of riches. The soil was exceedingly fertile; the scenery was diversified... | |
 | John Marcus Dickey - 1892 - 484 pages
...WESTERN ISLAND. There is a Phoenician legend that a large island was discovered in the Atlantic Ocean, beyond the Pillars of Hercules, several days' sail from the coast of Africa. This island abounded in all manner of riches. The soil was exceedingly fertile; the scenery was diversified... | |
 | Kentucky Historical Society - Electronic journals - 1908 - 380 pages
...and the Atlantis nation. He says : "The Phoenicians discovered a great island in the Atlantic ocean, beyond the Pillars of Hercules, several days sail from the coast of Africa. This Island abounded in all manner of riches. The soil was exceedingly fertile; the scenery was diversified... | |
 | Edwin James Houston - Earthquakes - 1908 - 414 pages
...small islands. Diodorus Siculus asserts that the Phoenicians discovered a large island in the Atlantic beyond the Pillars of Hercules several days' sail from the coast of Africa. Homer, Plutarch, and other ancient writers, refer to several islands in the Atlantic situated several... | |
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Hercules, several days' sail from the coast of Africa. This island abounded in all manner of riches. The soil was exceedingly fertile. The scenery was diversified by rivers, mountains, and forests. 
