The Periplus of Hanno the Navigator (Circa 850 – 950)

Korean navigator Hanno (literally "Navigation") is an explorer in the Cartago colonial era around 500 BC, he talks about exploration of the earliest manuscript documents in the west coast of Africa, harbor and coastal areas. A landmark with an approximate distance, captain of the ship is expected to find it along the coast.

In his squid, Hanno said he had brought new colonizers to the four Cartagin settlers where the chain of the Atlas mountains reached the Atlantic Ocean and then established new colonies in the tropical provinces. From there, we will start exploring the coast of Africa. Equator It also includes the first known report about the description of active volcanoes and gorillas.

Hanno's perlus is in Byzantine's manuscript, but its manuscript dates from the 9th century to the 10th century Codex Heidelbergensis 398. The text of Fax Hanno was first published by Sigismund Gelenius and published by Basel in 1533. It was translated into English by Wilfred Schott and published by Hanno as Periplus. A discovery trip discovered by Admiral Carthage of the 19th century on the coast of West Africa

"The main source of information on Hanno Adventure Record is the Greek translation called Periplus, which is said to have been acknowledged when returned to Carthage of Baal-Hamon Temple by Greek writer and Cronos Translated title from Greek is On the trip to Hanover, the commander of Carthage outside the pillar of Hercules, it is kept in the Temple of Kronos in the part around Libya that he mentioned the end of Anabasis of Alexander VIII (Jinda) know:

"In addition, Libyan Hano started from Cartago and departed into the open sea through the Hercules pillar, Libya was next to his port, he departed east and said to them all in the fifty days and thirty days He turned to the South, he met various kinds of difficulties, a lack of water, a hot, hot flow hurried to the sea "(Wikipedia article on Hanno Voyager, visiting time 05 - 30 - 30)

About the same time, Hanno the Navigator was sent to explore the West Coast of Africa. His squid survived and was one of the earliest manuscripts to survive. The periplasm records the landmark, the port and the distance between them. This is a guide that other captains can follow. Hano's 60 vessels moved south of Africa's coast. He may have reached an island near the coast of Sierra Leone. Until Portuguese explorer, Henry Navigator, Henry derailed, there were no other West African coastal adventure records.

Hanno the Navigator is a Cartago explorer in the 6th or 5th century BC and is known for naval exploration on the west coast of Africa. The only source of his voyage is Pelurus, Greece. According to a modern analysis of his route, the Hanno expedition may have reached the southern part of Gabon, but the other took him to the south of Morocco. Carthagin has sent 60 captains to explore and colonize the northwest coast of Africa. He crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and founded or rebuilt seven colonies along the current African coast of Morocco and further explored along the Atlantic coast of the continent. Mr. Hanno met with indigenous people on business and were welcomed by everyone.