• Baltia (redirect from Balcia)
    Baltia, Basilia or Abalus is a mythic island in northern Europe mentioned in Greco-Roman geography in the connection of amber. It presumably corresponds...
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    the sea of that name. Before him various ancient places names, such as Balcia, were used in reference to a supposed island in the Baltic Sea. Adam, a...
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    refers to a large island—three days' sail from the Scythian coast and called Balcia by Xenophon of Lampsacus (author of a fanciful travel book in Greek)—as...
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    Natural History of Pliny the Elder. Pliny mentions an island named Baltia (or Balcia) with reference to accounts of Pytheas and Xenophon. It is possible that...
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    that a large island of three days' sail from the Scythian coast called Balcia by Xenophon of Lampsacus is called Basilia by Pytheas. It is generally understood...
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  • agency has assigned rating of creditworthiness to Latvian insurance company Balcia Insurance SE. On a half-year basis Rating-Agentur Expert RA GmbH conducts...
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