That is a broad statement with little meaning. In any society,ancient or modern, there is a percentage of people who fear oceantravel, and those who don’t. There was a lack of geographicknowledge which both acted as a deterrent and as an attraction toexplore and seek trade.

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So there were many expeditions to and around Africa including theAtlantic coast. Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt hired Phoenicians in thelate 7th Century BCE who successfully circumnavigated Africa fromthe Red Sea, returning via the Atlantic. Carthaginian (Phoenician)Hanno sailed down the Atlantic coast of Africa a few decades laterwith sixty ships loaded with men and women looking to colonise thecoast. And there are several other expeditions recorded.
No fear there.

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