[Verginius Rufus]

Thanks for the link. I didn't know that so much was known about them. It appears they were trying to sail around Africa, not across the Atlantic like their later compatriot.

It took the Portuguese a long time and much effort to reach the Cape of Good Hope so I doubt anyone sailed around Africa to Ethiopia in the 1290s. It's possible that Phoenician explorers got to what is now Nigeria or Cameroon.

[SunkenCiv]

Off the top of my head, I’d say unless they made landfall for supplies in Spain or Portugal, they probably didn’t make it out of the Mediterranean. :^) Lotta piracy, and not just muzzies.

[SunkenCiv]

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