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Cyclades

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The island of Mýkonos is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Greek Cyclades. The streets of traditional white houses are built in a labyrinthine design originally intended to confuse any pirates attacking the island in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Group of about 200 Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, lying between mainland Greece and Turkey; area 2,579 sq km/996 sq mi; population (2005 est) 119,500. They include Andros, Melos, Paros, Naxos, and Siros, on which is the capital Hermoupoli.



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Were this world an endless plain, and by sailing eastward we could for ever reach new distances, and discover sights more sweet and strange than any Cyclades or Islands of King Solomon, then there were promise in the voyage.
As when by night the Glass Of GALILEO, less assur'd, observes Imagind Lands and Regions in the Moon: Or Pilot from amidst the CYCLADES DELOS or SAMOS first appeering kenns A cloudy spot.
 
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