• kbin_space_program
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    53 months ago

    They didnt have to sail to Africa per say. By the time of those trips, there had been a reliable trade network for more than 1500 years stretching from Africa up through the Middle East into India.

    I don’t doubt that it’d be possible to harbour hop those boats down to Africa, but they only needed to go as far as India/Persia to connect.