When the Phoenicians did their circumnavigation of Africa, what parts of the continent did they land on?

Question

To plant their harvest to continue their journey.

Answer 1

Head for the Land. The Headlands. Comsult your Atlas and see Headlands. Those Points that Time itself Cannot Erase....

The Cape of Good Hope,

Africa
Cape Agulhas in South Africa
Cape of Good Hope in South Africa
Cape Juby in Morocco
Cape Guardafui in Somalia
Cape Verde in Senegal
Cape Blanc in Tunisia

Thanks WIkipedia for quick cut and paste.....

But whereever there is Headland there is a Bay, a Cove a landing - - - and for better defence coastal islands such as the Cape Verde Islands and that big island off the southern eastern coast but that requires two more points..

Peace.....

Answer 2

Getting around the Cape of Good Hope seems an impossibility with the sailing technology of the times. The following quote is from the indicated source:

Because we have no direct evidence of this journey around Africa from contemporary Egyptian sources, it is likely that it never took place. In fact, Egyptologist Alan Lloyd believes the adventure extremely unlikely, stating that:

"If an Egyptian king, at any period, organized and dispatched an expedition, he did so for specific practical ends to meet specific practical needs. Disinterested inquiry or plain curiosity were always amongst the least evident of Egyptian habits of mind. What possible end could an Egyptian king have thought an enterprise of this sort might have served? To anyone familiar with Pharaonic ways of doing things the reply immediately prompted is an emphatic 'None at all!'. Given the context of Egyptian thought, economic life, and military interests, it is impossible for one to imagine what stimulus could have motivated Necho in such a scheme and if we cannot provide a reason which is sound within Egyptian terms of reference, then we have good reason to doubt the historicity of the entire episode."

Answer 3

I find it quite plausible that the Phoenicians (Carthaginians in this case) did sail DOWN the African coast, though I find it VERY dubious that their Mediterranean-adapted boats could make it around the storied Cape of Good Hope.

Here's a translation of every word left by Hanno, the leader of that expedition, commissioned by the Pharaoh. (No point in my retyping or copy and pasting it, just go to the link.)

Apparently the book from which this is excerpted has a discussion of the places in Africa Hanno might be referring to, but it's not an online resource. Here's the last two lines of this translation: 'So we killed them and flayed them and brought their skins back to Carthage. For we did not sail any further, because our provisions were running short.'
http://www.mariner.org/exploration/index.php?type=explorersection&id=320

Remember, not everything reported in Greek chronicles about exploration was true. There were no giant one eyed Cyclops, nor men with their faces in the middle of their bodies....Especially beware, nowadays, of 'Cleopatra was a Black queen' kind of academics. It's well known that Cleopatra was of Greek descent, last name Ptolemy, descended from a Greek general of that name who was left in charge of Egypt after Alexander died. In fact we have many portraits of her, created by her government, mostly on coins, in profile, and she had a hell of a big Greek nose!

It wasn't until the Europeans had developed ships suitable for the stormy North Sea and especially the Baltic, broad-beamed ships that could take a beating, with high gunwales that could repel high waves, and carry a lot of cargo (food and water) relative to their crew, that anyone made it around the Cape. Even then it was a harrowing journey, and ships still sink there today from time to time, especially smaller vessels.

If you have access to a university library , or just want to pay up, you might be able to read this, from an Oxford journal on Africa:
http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/citation/XXV/XCIX/264

Answer 4

The dry parts.