4.196ML/NJAnother story is told by the Carthaginians. There is a place in Libya, they say, where men live beyond the Pillars of Heracles; they come here and unload their cargo; then, having laid it in order along the beach, they go aboard their ships and light a smoking fire. The people of the country see the smoke, and, coming to the sea, they lay down gold to pay for the cargo, and withdraw from the wares. [2] Then the Carthaginians disembark and examine the gold; if it seems to them a fair price for their cargo, they take it and go away; but if not, they go back aboard and wait, and the people come back and add more gold until the sailors are satisfied. [3] In this transaction, it is said, neither party defrauds the other: the Carthaginians do not touch the gold until it equals the value of their cargo, nor do the people touch the cargo until the sailors have taken the gold.
Herodotus’ account of the pharaoh’s hiring of the Phoenicians to circumnavigate Africa has an obviously correct detail, which is that the Sun was on the right (to the north) when they were in the southern reaches; it’s a detail that Herodotus doesn’t believe (and gives a reason), but reproduces in entire because he was a good historian. :’)
Sailor to recreate Phoenicians’ epic African voyage
Stone Pages | Sunday, March 23, 2008 | The Independent
Posted on 03/24/2008 1:41:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1990860/posts
The Voyage of Hanno
http://www.metrum.org/mapping/hanno.htm