History of the Isle of Wight seek an alternative to bronze. It has been suggested that a 1st century BCE reference to "Ίκτιν" ("Ictin") by the Graeco-Sicilian Diodorus Siculus might refer to the Isle of Wight, although St. Michael's Mount in Cornwall is now considered more likely. A century later, Pliny the Elder uses its Latin name "Vectis" and in the mid 2nd century Ptolemy confirms the position of Vectis as ""...below Magnus Portus"" (probably the port near Bosham). The Roman historian Suetonius calls the island "insula Vecta" in his account of its capture in year 43, referring to the future emperor Vespasian, who ""proceeded to
A Seascape. The Coast of the Island of Rügen in Evening Light A Seascape. The Coast of the Island of Rügen in Evening Light A Seascape. The Coast of the Island of Rügen in Evening Light (, literally "A Seascape: The coast of Rügen seen in evening light after a stormy day") is an 1818 oil on canvas marine painting by J.C. Dahl, measuring 37 cm by 58.5 cm and now in the Danish National Gallery, which purchased it at auction in 1975. It was his first marine painting and the first work he produced in Dresden. A signed compositional drawing for it is now in the Bergen Museum of Art. The