Timelines: A Phoenician Fable
The island of Corvo in the Azores is one of the most remote places on earth. To reach it, one flies first to Santa Maria or Terceira, and then, on a very small plane, to Flores to wait for the weekly mail run by a 20-foot motor launch that is the island’s link to the world. Corvo is the tip of a volcano in the mid-Atlantic ridge and, except for a small area at the south end where a village and port are located, it rises up in sheer cliffs from the sea. Yet this ten-square-mile speck of land is the focus of a most remarkable story of ancient seafaring, a tale involving a statue and a hoard of Carthaginian coins. If true, the discovery of Corvo by Carthaginians would surely change our thinking about ancient navigation, for the easiest way to reach Corvo is to sail first to America on the Canary and North Equatorial Currents and then ride the Gulf Stream back to the Azores...
http://nautarch.tamu.edu/shiplab/acores-geral01-fenicios.htm
Oooh, thanks FN!
Very interesting, thanks.
The Phoenicians are the ancestors of the Lebanese. For some reason, my ancestors were incredible traders, and traveled incredible distances to trade. They were the leaders of “global trade” of their time.
The Phoenicians are the ancestors of the Lebanese. For some reason, my ancestors were incredible traders, and traveled incredible distances to trade. They were the leaders of “global trade” of their time.