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		nonbel on April 27, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Underwater Exploring Is Banned in Brazil (1985) Perhaps. Weren't they already known at that time though? >"Britain was known to the Classical world; the Greeks, Phoenicians and Carthaginians traded for Cornish tin in the 4th century BC." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Britain

rjsw on April 27, 2019 [–]

That desn't fit with the idea that you don't go past the Pillars of Hercules though.

nonbel on April 27, 2019 | [–]

Whose idea is that?

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