if you dig boating, you may be aware of that dude -- european gentleman who was heavy into boating and history and crossed the atlantic in a boat he built called the Kon Tiki.

that was back in the seventies, i believe. at the time it was reported just like some ol' extreme boating mess (to my recollection, i was mad young), but i came across him later when reading on van sertima and it turns out that he was consciously trying to validate the theory that africans -- with their knowledge of boating and the very favorable currents that flow westward from the west africa, were capable of transatlantic travel.

he packed minimal food, subsisting on what he could catch from within his boat, and successfully crossed the big pond. his boat was small, so if he could make it, its very likely that the more advanced african sailors, like the phoenicians in the north, who were possessed of superior shipping and knowledge of astronomy/navigation, made the trip as well.


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