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Strabo in his Geography ( c. 30 ), Book I, Chapter 4, mentions Thule in describing Eratosthenes ' calculation of " the breadth of the inhabited world " and notes that Pytheas says it " is a six days ' sail north of Britain, and is near the frozen sea.
" But he then doubts this claim, writing that Pytheas has " been found, upon scrutiny, to be an arch falsifier, but the men who have seen Britain and Ierne ( Ireland ) do not mention Thule, though they speak of other islands, small ones, about Britain.
" Strabo adds the following in Book II, Chapter 5:
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