Ocean's Story; or, Triumphs of Thirty Centuries Maritime Adventures, Achievements, Explorations, Discoveries and Inventions; and of the Rise and Progress of Ship-Building and Ocean Navigation, from the Ark to the Iron Steamships

CHAPTER VII.--The Voyage of Hanno the Carthaginian--He sees

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Crocodiles, Apes, and Volcanoes--The Voyage of Himilcon to Al-Bion--The Voyage and Ignominious Fate of Sataspes the Persian--The Voyage of Pytheas the Phocian--The Sacred Promontory--A New Atmosphere--Amber--Return Home--The Veracity of Pytheas' Narrative--The Expedition of Nearchus the Macedonian--Strange Phenomena in the Heavens--The Icthyophagi--Houses built of the Bones of Whales--Fish Flour--A Battle with Whales--An Unexpected Meeting--The Distance traversed by Nearchus--The Voyage of Eudoxus along the African Coast--State of Navigation at the Opening of the Christian Era 75

SECTION II.

FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA TO THE APPLICATION OF THE MAGNETIC NEEDLE TO EUROPEAN NAVIGATION, A.D. 1300.