Was having a think about the new book and the little bits and pieces that we know about it. Did some googling and stumbled across reference to Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian. I've included a link to the Carthage bit on Wikipedia so you can see the link to the Phoenecians who have been mentioned as playing a part in the book.
Long shot I know, but pretty cool!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanno_the_navigatorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CarthageCheers beer:
Andy clutching at straws!