Encyclopedia > Lyonesse

Article Content

Lyonesse

Lyonesse is the land believed in legend to lie off the Scilly Isles, to the south-west of Cornwall.

It has sometimes been used as the setting for fantasy stories, notably Jack Vance's Lyonesse trilogy. See also: fantasy world.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Explorer

... who first rounded the Cape of Good Hope. Sir Francis Drake, (c. 1540-1596), pirate, leader of the second circumnavigation Jules Dumont d'Urville, (1790-1842), ...