Cassiterides

Cassiterides
Herodotus' the Histories 3.115 in Codex Laurentianus Plut. 70.3 (10th century) with Cassiterides (Κασσιτερίδας) highlighted.
In-universe information
TypePhantom island

The Cassiterides (Greek: Κασσιτερίδες, meaning "tin place", from κασσίτερος, kassíteros "tin") are an ancient geographical name used to refer to a group of islands whose precise location is unknown or may be fictitious, but which was believed to be situated somewhere near the west coast of Europe.

Κασσιτερίδας by itself just means "places of tin", but Herodotus (5.115) describes them as "νήσους οἶδα Κασσιτερίδας" or "tin islands".

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