Pliny the Elder dedicates the Natural History to Titus, transmitting accounts of the Fortunate Isles.

In AD 77, Pliny the Elder dedicated the Natural History to Titus. The dedication mentions Titus’s sixth consulship. In Book VI, sections 202–205, Pliny transmits accounts of the Fortunate Isles, distinguishing the information of Statius Sebosus from that attributed to Juba II. The latter names Ombrios, two Junoniae, Capraria, Ninguaria and Canaria, alongside reports of snow, dogs and buildings. Its value here lies in the written transmission of earlier accounts, rather than a documented personal observation of the islands. García García suggests that Pliny may have consulted Juba’s treatises in the imperial archives; this possible route of access should not be presented as an established fact.