Cassiterides
Sign in to saveThe Cassiterides (, meaning "tin place", from , kassíteros "tin") are an ancient geographical name used to refer to a group of islands whose precise location is unknown, but which was believed to be situated somewhere near the west coast of Europe.
Key facts
- Fictional location.name
- Cassiterides
- Fictional location.image
- Plut 70 3 Cassiterides.jpg
- Fictional location.imagesize
- 250px
- Fictional location.caption
- Herodotus' the Histories 3.115 in Codex Laurentianus Plut. 70.3 (10th century) with Cassiterides () highlighted.
- Fictional location.type
- Phantom island
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- Herodotus
- Strabo
- Ancient geography
- Modern attempts at identification
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- References
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The Cassiterides (, meaning "tin place", from , kassíteros "tin") are an ancient geographical name used to refer to a group of islands whose precise location is unknown, but which was believed to be situated somewhere near the west coast of Europe.
simply means "places of tin", but Herodotus (5.115) describes them as "" or "tin islands". Modern theories hold the islands to be the British Isles.