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Periplous

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of periplus. alt-of, alternative

    "In ancient Greek a periplous entailed the extended navigation of coasts and description of such journeys; its interminable lists of land- and sea-marks, anchorages and travel times, […] were a means of creating what Braudel […] called maps "made of memories laid end to end"."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek περίπλους (períplous, “voyage, naval manouver, account of a voyage”), from περί (perí, “peri-: around”) + πλοῦς (ploûs, “voyage”), from πλεῖν (pleîn, “to swim”).

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