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In "A Winter's Tale," William Shakespeare describes Bohemia as a country with a coastline and a desert. Would Bohemia, still a very powerful kingdom at the time, be that obscure to someone as well-read and knowledgeable as Shakespeare?

by /u/horseboy911 in /r/AskHistorians

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