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Names of the British Isles
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The toponym "British Isles" refers to a European archipelago comprising Great Britain, Ireland and the smaller, adjacent islands. The word "British" has also become an adjective and demonym referring
Great Britain opposite the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, photographed from across the North Sea by the astronaut Alexander Gerst.
Great Britain opposite the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, photographed from across the North Sea by the astronaut Alexander Gerst.
Folio 6 verso of the Bibliothèque nationale de France's manuscript Latin 4884, probably written in the 780s at Corbie Abbey and including the phrase u
Folio 6 verso of the Bibliothèque nationale de France's manuscript Latin 4884, probably written in the 780s at Corbie Abbey and including the phrase usque ad Brittaniacas insulas, 'all the way to the British Isles'.
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 536, fol. 9v. An early manuscript of Honorius Augustodunensis's Imago Mundi, copied at Prüll between 1143 and
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 536, fol. 9v. An early manuscript of Honorius Augustodunensis's Imago Mundi, copied at Prüll between 1143 and 1147, which includes the rubric Britannia.
Britain (place name)
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The name Britain originates from the Common Brittonic term Pritanī and is one of the oldest known names for Great Britain, an island off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The terms Briton
Names of the British Isles
…The toponym "British Isles" refers to a European archipelago comprising Great Britain, Ireland and the smaller, adjacent islands. The word "British" has also become an adjective and demonym referring to the United Kingdom and more historically associated with the British Empire. For this reason…
Britain (Βρεττανικήν) as it appears in Ptolemy's Geography
Britain (Βρεττανικήν) as it appears in Ptolemy's Geography
South wall of the pronaos of the Temple of Augustus and Rome in Ankara, sporting the Monumentum Ancyranum of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti. The section
South wall of the pronaos of the Temple of Augustus and Rome in Ankara, sporting the Monumentum Ancyranum of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti. The section relating to Britain is annotated.
“Brittanicae Insulae” by Didier Robert de Vaugondy, 1750
“Brittanicae Insulae” by Didier Robert de Vaugondy, 1750