Decuil

Japanese: Dicuil
Decuil

…Thule is now known as Thule in Greenland (north of Baffin Bay), but Pytheas probably visited Iceland and reached the edge of the sea ice. In 825, the Irish monk Dicuil described a settlement in Iceland (Thule). In 890, Ottar (also called Ohthere) of Norway rounded Cape Nord at the northern tip of Norway and reached the White Sea. …

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Japanese:

…トゥーレは現在グリーンランド(バフィン湾北)の地名チューレとして残っているが,ピュテアスはおそらくアイスランドを訪れ,海氷縁に達したのではないかといわれる。825年アイルランドの修道士ディクイルDicuilはアイスランド(トゥーレ)に定住者のいることを記述した。890年にノルウェーのオッタールOttar(Ohthereともいう)は,ノルウェー北端のノール岬を回って白海に達した。…

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