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Cassiterides

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Anika Campbell
Contributors: Tom Elliott
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Last modified Mar 09, 2026 05:29 PM — History
An unlocatable group of islands somewhere off the Atlantic European coast, said by ancient authors to be a source of tin. This name may constitute an early, vague generalization concerning multiple islands and coastal areas of Gaul and Britain.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/583607985
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Anika Campbell, and Tom Elliott, 'Cassiterides: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/583607985> [accessed: 19 May 2026] 

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Anthony Durham
Anthony Durham says:
Mar 16, 2026 12:52 PM

The Channel Isles, especially Guernsey, make excellent sense as a place where tin was traded on its way towards the Mediterranean.