The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea
by Wilfred H. Schoff · first published 1912
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…unlikely that early voyages reached any further south along the coast of West Africa. During Roman times there were indeed canals to the Red Sea [3] and a robust international trade system as outlined in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea [4]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Bojador [2] http://www.simonwinchester.com/atlantic [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_of_the_Pharaohs [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periplus_of_the_Erythraean_Sea
on “The naval shipworm helped bring about the Industrial Revolution” ↗…to the Mediterranean Sea. The question is how early the Canal of the Pharaohs was operational. The shipworms may actual help set this date. I wonder if a Phoenician equivalent of the Roman/Byzantine Periplus of the Erythraean Sea existed in Carthage and was lost after the Third Punic War.
on “The naval shipworm helped bring about the Industrial Revolution” ↗…is the Periplus of the Erythrean Sea, a circa 1st century Greco-Roman sea travel log detailing a trading route from Red Sea ports to the Indian and East African coasts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periplus_of_the_Erythraean_Sea
on “Garum Masala: trade between ancient Rome and India” ↗