Hanno the Navigator (sometimes "Hannon"; Punic: 𐤇‬𐤍‬𐤀‬, ḤNʾ; [1] Greek: Ἄννων, romanized: Annōn [2]) was a Carthaginian explorer (sometimes identified as a king) who lived during the …

Hanno (flourished 5th century bc) was a Carthaginian who conducted a voyage of exploration and colonization to the west coast of Africa sometime during the 5th century.

Jun 22, 2016 · In the 5th century BCE, the Carthaginian explorer Hanno sailed beyond the Pillars of Hercules, out of the Mediterranean and into hitherto unknown territory down the Atlantic …

In the early 5th century BC, a Carthaginian commander named Hanno was traditionally said to have sailed past the familiar boundaries of the Mediterranean and ventured down the Atlantic …

Apparently the people of Carthage commissioned Hanno—the inscription refers to him as a "king," but in Carthaginian parlance this meant merely that he was a high official—to undertake his …

Hanno the Navigator was a prominent Carthaginian explorer who lived during the 5th century BCE. His remarkable journey along the western coast of Africa has captured the imagination …

Some historians even credit Hanno, or another Phoenician fleet, for sailing all the way around the continent of Africa several thousand years before Bartholomew Dias and Vasco da Gama.9 …

Dec 16, 2024 · He was a Carthaginian mariner from the 5th century BC, known for his ambitious naval expedition beyond the Mediterranean, into the Atlantic Ocean. His daring journey not …

Hanno, a prominent figure from ancient Carthage, is primarily known for his remarkable maritime expedition along the west coast of Africa, documented in a brief text called the Periplus.

In the first half of the sixth century BCE, the Carthaginian admiral Hanno made a long voyage along the African west coast. His logbook contains a description of a fully active volcano and …