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—Pseudo-Aristotle, On the Universe, 393b Pliny the Elder, in the fourth book of his Natural History likewise calls Great Britain Albion. He begins his chapter on the British Isles as follows, after describing the Rhine delta: Ex adverso huius situs Britannia insula clara Graecis nostrisque monimentis inter septentrionem et occidentem iacet, Germaniae, Galliae, Hispaniae, multo maximis ...
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Map of Gallaecia. The Albiones or Albioni were a Gallaecian people living the north coast of modern Spain in western Asturias and eastern Galicia mentioned by Pliny the Elder. [1] They are generally included in maps of Roman Spain. [2] The Nicer Clutosi stele inscription.
[note 2] Another, post-conquest, Roman name for the island of Great Britain was Albion, which is cognate with the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland: Alba. There is an emerging trend to use the term Caledonia to describe New Caledonia in English, which reflects the usage in French of Calédonie (where the full name is La Nouvelle-Calédonie).
The long, unfinished poem properly called Vala, or The Four Zoas expands the significance of the Zoas, but they are integral to all of Blake's prophetic books.. Blake's painting of a naked figure raising his arms, loosely based on Vitruvian Man, is now identified as a portrayal of Albion, following the discovery of a printed version with an inscription identifying the figure. [2]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Albion was laid out in 1837. [2] The community's name Albion is an old term meaning Great Britain. [3]
Albion is a locality situated within the Rivière Noire District of Mauritius. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 6,042 inhabitants. It is part of the District Council of Black River. The coastal area adjacent to Albion is encircled by reefs, a characteristic typical of Mauritius.