HANNO, general of the Carthaginians, was com-
manded to sail round Africa. He entered the ocean
through the straits of Gibraltar, and discovered several
countries. He would have continued his navigation, had
it not been for want of provisions. He wrote an account
of his voyage, which was often quoted, but not much
credited. Sigismund Gelenius published it in Greek
at Basil, by Frobenius, in 1533. He lived, according
to Pliny, when the affairs of the Carthaginians were
in the most flourishing condition; but this is a very
indeterminate expression.