12-06-2010, 11:19 AM
Strabo may have known of them too:
Quote:And, too, the Islands of the Blest(5) lie to the westward of most western Maurusia,(6) that is, west of the region where the end of Maurusia runs close to that of Iberia. And their name shows that because those islands were near to blessed countries they too were thought to be blessed abodes.
5 Strabo has in mind the Canary Islands.
6 That is, Morocco, approximately.
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