Himilco
Himilco was a
Carthaginian navigator and explorer
who lived during the late 6th or early 5th century BC, a period of time where Carthage held significant sway over its neighboring regions.
Himilco is the first known explorer from the
Ora Maritima, a poetical account of the geography in the 4th century AD. [2]
Little is known of Himilco himself. Himilco sailed north along the
Tartessians of southern Iberia, according to Avienius.[5]
Himilco described his journeys as quite harrowing, repeatedly reporting
sea monsters and seaweed,[6] likely in order to deter Greek rivals from competing on their new trade routes. Carthaginian accounts of monsters became one source of the myths discouraging sailing in the Atlantic.[7]
See also
References
Citations
- ^ Pliny the Elder, Natural History 2.169a
- ISBN 0-89005-175-5
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
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- Ora Maritima, lines 112-118
- ^ Avienius, V. 113-128
- ISBN 0-415-37287-9
Bibliography
- Cassidy, Vincent H. (1968). The Sea Around Them, The Atlantic Ocean, A.D. 1250. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
- González-Ruibal, Alfredo (2006). "Past the Last Outpost: Punic Merchants in the Atlantic Ocean (5th–1st century BC)". Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology. 19 (1): 121–150. .
- Lendering, Jona (2001). "Himilco". Livius.org, Articles on Ancient History.
