Events Tagged: "Cornwall"

Cornwall tin mining begins - essential for bronze production, traded across Europe to Mediterranean

Tin trade disruption - Bronze Age collapse disrupts Cornwall-Mediterranean tin routes crucial for bronze production

Phoenicians establish Gades (Cadiz) - Atlantic base for tin trade with Cornwall and mysterious Cassiterides

Caesar notes British tin - describes Cornwall tin mines in Gallic Wars, attempts to control trade routes

St. Samson of Dol slays dragon - Welsh bishop kills dragon in Cornwall cave while traveling to Brittany (Celtic hagiographies)

Bernoulli's principle applied in designing efficient water pumps for Cornish tin mines