They sailed primarily along the coasts. Their voyages were recorded in the type of document called Periplus.

The first periplus around the world (for east and west) and captaining the first circumnavigation, across the Atlantic Ocean to the Strait of Magellan and across the Pacific Ocean.

Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian explorer and commander, is credited with exploring the northwest coast of Africa around 500 BC. His voyage is documented in his work, "Periplus," which describes his journey along the African coast.

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern P---P-U-. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter P and 5th letter P and 7th letter U. In alphabetical order, they are:

periplus

polypous

John Watson McCrindle has written:

'Ancient India as Described in Classical Literature ; Being a Collection of Greek and Latin Texts Relating to India, Extracted from Herodotos, Strodaios, Dion Chrysostom, Dionysios, Philostratos, Nonno'

'The Commerce and Navigation of the Erythraean Sea: Being a Translation of the Periplus Maris ..'

'The commerce and navigation of the Erythraean Sea' -- subject(s): Commerce, Ancient Geography, Classical geography, History