Fanciful geography: Memorable quotes about islands and lands in The True History

a river of most excellent sweet ointment, in breadth an hundred cubits of the larger measure
Lucian[1]
We then resolved to travel up the stream to find whence the river had his original
Lucian[1]
This is the island of those that are called blessed
Lucian[1]
a pleasant meadow, environed with woods of all sorts, so thick that they serve for a shade
Lucian[1]
the wind blowing against it drave forward the island like a ship
Lucian[1]
Space: Lucian's True Story Lucian of Samosata - 160AD