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Hanno

LC control no.n 80023034
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingHanno
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Variant(s)Hannon
Hanno, the Navigator
Annōn
Other standard no.0000000116901514
Beginning date-4
LocatedCarthage (Extinct city)
Profession or occupationExplorers
Found inAuthor's La navigatione, 1550.
Demerliac, J.-G. Hannon et l'empire punique, 1983: t.p. (Hannon)
Encyc. Brit. (Hanno; fl. 5th cent. B.C.; Carthaginian explorer and colonizer of W. Africa)
English Wikipedia, viewed on May 2nd, 2024 (Hanno the Navigator (sometimes "Hannon"; Greek romanized: Annōn) was a Carthaginian explorer of the fifth century BC, best known for his naval exploration of the western coast of Africa. The only source of his voyage is a periplus translated into Greek. He has sometimes been identified as a king)
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