Herodotus concluded his account by saying that the Phoenicians reported things he could not believe, including their remark that in sailing around the tip of Africa, they saw the sun on their right.
הם סיפרו, למשל, שכאשר הפליגו סביב הקצה הדרומי ביותר של אפריקה הם ראו את השמש לימינם.