Pytheas (ca. 380 BC-ca. 300 BC), a Greek explorer from the city of Massalia in southern France, traveled all the way around Britain and wrote the first account of Scandinavia. Pytheas was born in the Greek colony of Massalia on the south coast of...

Pytheas Born c. 380 B.C., Massalia, Gaul [France] Died c. 300 B.C., Massalia, Gaul Pytheas has generated more interest than any other of the ancient explorers. There are those who say that he is the first known explorer in the modern sense of the word....

fl. c. 350 B.C. Greek Astronomer, Geographer, and Explorer Pytheas of Massalia was the first Greek to undertake an extended voyage in the North Atlantic, possibly visiting Iceland. He was certainly the first to circumnavigate Britain, first to document...

Pytheas (Πυθέας), ca. 380 – ca. 310 BC) was a Greek merchant, geographer and explorer from the Greek colony Massilia (today Marseille, France). He made a voyage of exploration to northwestern Europe around 325 BC. He probably travelled...