Thule
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"The classical works of Pliny and Mela, on which the student had to depend, were full of scraps of romance, taken from some Syrian story about Thule, or some imaginary voyage out of the Caspian Strait towards the cannibals beyond ...'--The Career of Columbus (1892) by Charles Isaac Elton |
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In medieval times, the term (Ultima) Thule was used to mean a mythical place in the extreme northern reaches of the continent, the northernmost location of the ancient world.
On the Carta Marina of 1539 by Olaus Magnus, it is shown as Tile located to the north west of the Orkney Islands, with a "monster, seen in 1537", a whale ("balena"), and an orca nearby.
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- Agharta
- Aristeas
- Atlantis
- Avalon
- Baltia
- Brittia
- El Dorado
- Hyperborea
- Imaginary voyage
- Iram of the Pillars
- Magerøya
- Mythical place
- Phantom island
- Shambhala
- Southern Thule
- Thule people
- Thule Society
- Utopia
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