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    Phoenician/Carthage colonies in Americas/Africa.

    I am taking about Carthaginians ships/and earlier phoenicians/ which used sails and haul tin from Cornwall. They certainly no need to be beached each night. And perfectly capable of surviving Columb road to Carribean. Legends of Paradise islands was taken from phoenicians - as well as lies...
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    Phoenician/Carthage colonies in Americas/Africa.

    Romans built up to 2000t.But,they belived in Carthaginians lie about deadly western seas,and never try seek anything there. And,sailing merchant schips of Carthage,like those who take tin from Cornwall,do not need to be beached every night. And,if they could survive return trip to Cornwall,they...
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    Phoenician/Carthage colonies in Americas/Africa.

    They had other ships for that,with sails.Bigger have 800t,and probably could sail against wind.
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    Phoenician/Carthage colonies in Americas/Africa.

    You do not need any of that to sail from Canaries to Carribean with right wings.In fact,people did it on boats. So,once phoenicians knew that road,Carthage could use it. And,not only them.When Sertorius rebelled against Rome and hold Spain,pirates proposed,that they took him and his retinue to...
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    Phoenician/Carthage colonies in Americas/Africa.

    Phoenicians and Carthaginians do not leaved any description of their voyages,becouse it was state secret.But greek and romand wrote what they discovered about that: 1.Pauzaniasz/greek/ wrote about greek sailor Eufemos from Karia,who after storm go west and discovered island with people who had...
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    Phoenician/Carthage colonies in Americas/Africa.

    One of greek writes speculated,that Carthage hide some paradise islands as place to hide if somebody destroyed their city. But,would such colonies survive as carthaginians without fresh blood? More interesting change would be if romans chased them there. Tajemnice starożytnej żeglugi,Tadeusz...
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    Phoenician/Carthage colonies in Americas/Africa.

    Interesting,how much Carthaginian could take in this scenario.Probably only shores of Brasila,Mexico and entire Carribean @Circle of Willis ,what do you think?
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    Phoenician/Carthage colonies in Americas/Africa.

    Phoenicians were taken by Carthage - so,it would be their colonies.They lost to Rome,so they would hide and build waiting for enemy invasion. What would happen,when such invasion do not occur for another 2000 years? I see them conqering South Africa,Madagascar,Carribean and Brasil...
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    Phoenician/Carthage colonies in Americas/Africa.

    Both people had powerfull fleets,good ships and crews,good captains,too.They certainly knew Madera,probable Brasil,Carribean and coast of entire Africa. Prof. Bernard da silva Ramos in Brasil discovered at least 2800 phoenician inscripcions there.Władysław Netto translated another from Parahyba...
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