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===Phoenician galley sailings===
The Phoenicians (1550 BCE–300 BCE) traded throughout the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and [[Asia Minor]] though many of their routes are still unknown today. The presence of tin in some Phoenician artifacts suggests that they may have traveled to [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. According to [[Virgil]]'s [[Aeneid]] and other ancient sources, the legendary Queen [[Dido]] was a Phoenician from [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]] who sailed to [[North Africa]] and founded the city of [[Carthage]].

====Carthaginean exploration of Western Africa====
[[Hanno the Navigator]] (500 BC), a [[Ancient Carthage|Carthaginean]] navigator who explored the Western Coast of [[Africa]].