Egyptian / Israelite relation to American Indians

Trades winds Come directly from North Africa to the Caribbean coast lines.

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The Greek historian Herodotus (484 - ca . 425 BCE) supplies an answer.
Herodotus explains that Phoenician ships would leave from a Red Sea port, sail down the east coast of Africa circumvent Africa and return to the eastern Mediterranean via the Straits of Gibraltar. On the way they would stop, sow corn, reap it, and continue. Archaeological findings (discussed below) indicate the presence of Phoenicians in both East and Western Africa.