Pillars

There was an island opposite the strait which you call the Pillars of Hercules (Straits of Gibraltar), an island larger than Libya (Africa) and Asia combined; from it travelers could in those days reach the other islands, and from them the whole opposite continent which surrounds what can truly be called the ocean.

Lost in Translation Sean 2006

And for our own ships, they went sundry voyages, as well to your straits, which you call the Pillars of Hercules, as to other parts in the Atlantic and Mediterranean seas; as to Paguin

The New Atlantis 2002

And for our own ships, they went sundry voyages, as well to your straits, which you call the Pillars of Hercules, as to other parts in Atlantic and Mediterrane Seas; as to Paguin, (which is the same with Cambaline, 29) and Quinzy, upon the Oriental Seas, as far as to the borders of the East Tartary.

The New Atlantis: Paras 1-29 1909

Beyond the entrance which you call the Pillars of Hercules there was an island larger than Libya and

The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855

And for our own ships, they went sundry voyages, as well to your straits, which you call the Pillars of

The New Atlantis 1626

And for our own ships, they went sundry voyages, as well to your straits, which you call the Pillars of Hercules, as to other parts in the Atlantic and Mediterranean seas; as to Paguin (which is the same with Cambalaine) and Quinzy, upon the Oriental seas, as far as to the borders of the East Tartary.

New Atlantis 1626

And for our own ships, they went sundry voyages, as well to your straits, which you call the Pillars of

Ideal Commonwealths Tommaso Campanella 1603

There are few tenser moments in any work of fiction than the scene in Zakuto's workshop where, by the uncomprehending lips of the mysterious Nejmi, Covilham's success and her own father's voyage to the White Pillars is revealed to the breathless and astounded listeners.

Spice and the Devil's Cave 1930

Greek philosopher Plato wrote about Atlantis some 2,600 years ago, describing it as "an island situated in front of the straits which are by you called the Pillars of Hercules," as the Straits of Gibraltar were known in antiquity.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

Greek philosopher Plato wrote about Atlantis 2,600 years ago, describing it as "an island situated in front of the straits which are by you called the Pillars of Hercules," as the Straits of Gibraltar were known in antiquity.

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