GOBAEUM
GOBAEUM (
Γόβαιον ἄκρον), is placed by Ptolemy (
2.8.1) in Gallia Lugdunensis, and it is the most western part of Gallia. D'Anville concludes that it is
Finistère or
Mahé, commonly called
Pointe St. Mathieu. It is certainly some point between the
Pointe de Penmarche and the place where the French coast turns east. Gossellin and others make it the cape on which stands the light of
Audierne, and which terminates on the east the road of
Gob-estan. In such a case as this the name helps to a probable conclusion.
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G.L]