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Around the middle of the West African coast, we have >Capo de tre ponte Presumably Cape Three Points (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Three_Points https://e
by prmph 9y ago
Around the middle of the West African coast, we have >Capo de tre ponte
Presumably Cape Three Points (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Three_Points https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Three_Points).
Fascinating that this landmark was known even then.
- mkempe 9y agoHanno the Navigator [1] led and recorded the Carthaginian exploration of the Western coast of Africa in the 5th or 6th century BC. By the way deliberate Carthaginian accounts of sea monsters is a source of the myths discouraging sailing in the Atlantic. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanno_the_Navigator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanno_the_Navigator