EK17 done two attempts in Manchester- and now off to AMS
And so down the internet rabbit hole I went, curious about yet another distinction in the many names for all or part of the archipeligo off the north west coast of europe.
I learnt that according to that font of much usually but not always reliable information, Wikipedia:
I learnt that according to that font of much usually but not always reliable information, Wikipedia:
The classical writer, Ptolemy, referred to the larger island as great Britain (megale Bretannia) and to Ireland as little Britain (mikra Brettania) in his work, Almagest (147–148 AD).[37] In his later work, Geography (c. 150 AD), he gave these islands the names[38] Ἀλουίωνος (Alwiōnos), Ἰουερνίας (Iwernias), and Mona (the Isle of Man), suggesting these may have been native names of the individual islands not known to him at the time of writing Almagest.[39] The name Albion appears to have fallen out of use sometime after the Roman conquest of Great Britain, after which Britain became the more commonplace name for the island called Great Britain.
Clearly Ptolemy postdates the formation of the English Channel and the North Sea...https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brit...naming_dispute
PDR
