The Ancient Explorers

Aegean African coast Alexander amber ancient explorers Arabian Armenia Asia Minor Atlantic Augustus Avienus Bactria Black Sea Britain Bunbury Cape Carthaginians Caspian century B.C. Chap conquest Danube Darius desert Diodor discovery dynasty early east eastern Egypt Egyptian emperor Erythraean Sea Ethiopia Eudoxus Euphrates Europe expedition Gades geographical Greeks Guardafui Hecataeus Herod Herodotus Hist Homer Iaxartes India Indus island Journ journey king known Lake land learnt Mediterranean Mela merchants Meroe miles Minoan modern monsoon mountains Müller natives navigation Nearchus Nile northern Ocean Parthian Pauly-Wissowa penetration perhaps Peripl Persian Gulf Phoenicians Pliny Polybius probably Ptol Ptolemy Ptolemy's Pytheas reached Red Sea regions reported Rhine river Roman Empire route Sahara sailed round Scylax Scythian ships Somali southern Spain story Strabo Straits Tartessus tion trade traffic tribes valley visited voyage Warmington western wind writers