Periplus

The Periplus of Hanno The Navigator , a 6th Century BCE Carthaginian colonist and explorer, described the coast of Africa from present-day Morocco deep into the Gulf Of Guinea .

Pytheas Of Massilia , (the century BCE) ''On the Ocean'' (Περι του Ωκεανου), has not survived; only excerpts remain, quoted or paraphrased by later authors.

The Periplus Of Pseudo-Scylax , generally thought to date to the 4th or 3rd Century BCE .

The Periplus Of The Erythraean Sea was written by a Romanized Alexandria n in the 1st Century CE . It gives the shoreline itinerary of the Red (''Erythraean'') Sea , starting each time at the port of Berenice . Beyond the Red Sea, the manuscript describes the coast of India as far as the Ganges River and the east coast of Africa (called '' Azania '').

The Massaliote Periplus , a description of trade routes along the coasts of Atlantic Europe , possibly dating to the 6th Century BCE

The Periplus Pontus Euxini , a description of trade routes along the coasts of the Black Sea , written by Arrian in the early 2nd century AD.

A ''periplus'' was also an ancient naval manoeuvre in which attacking Trireme s would outflank or encircle the defenders in order to attack them in the rear.

In publishing, Periplus Series is the name of a map and book series currently published by Tuttle Publishing, Co. .

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