The Great Voyagers

Past the Pillars of Hercules. Into the unknown. And back. The Phoenicians were the first people to circumnavigate Africa. Commissioned by the Egyptian Pharaoh Necho II a Phoenician crew sailed from the Red Sea around the entire African continent and returned through the Mediterranean. It took three years. It happened 2600 years ago. Digital download · High resolution PNG · Ancient and Monochrome versions.