The Classical WorldExploration Pytheas sails to Britain c. 325 BCENotable The Greek explorer Pytheas of Massalia sails around Britain and describes a northern land he calls Thule. He linked the tides to the Moon. ▲ MattersSaveShareTrace roots Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Cambrian Explosion → First vertebrates → Jawed fish → Fish walk onto land → The amniotic egg → The Great Dying → Dinosaurs appear → Asteroid ends the dinosaurs → Early primates → Apes split from monkeys → Human line splits from chimpanzees → Walking upright → First stone tools → Genus Homo appears → Homo erectus → Control of fire → Habitual fire and cooking → Homo sapiens appears → Complex language → Natufian villages → Oldest known bread → Agriculture begins → Irrigation → Uruk and the first cities → Cylinder seals → Writing (cuneiform) → Babylonian mathematics → Babylonian astronomical diaries → Thales and natural philosophy → Pytheas sails to Britain Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesBookBarry CunliffeThe Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubePytheas voyage to Britain Thule ↗Editor's pick