Ancient maritime history were an early Mediterranean seagoing people that travelled far. Early writers do not give a good idea about the progress of navigation nor that of the man's seamanship. One of the early stories of seafaring was that of Odysseus. In Greek mythology, the Argonauts were a band of heroes who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Their name comes from their ship, the Argo which in turn was named after its builder Argus. Thus, "Argonauts" literally means "Argo sailors". The voyage of the Greek navigator Pytheas of
Tintin and the Golden Fleece written text with stills from the film, some in colour, others in black and white. Today, the English translation is highly sought after by collectors. Tintin and the Golden Fleece Tintin and the Golden Fleece (in the original French, "Tintin et le Mystère de La Toison d'or", meaning "Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece") is a film first released in France on 6 December 1961. Featuring characters from "The Adventures of Tintin" comic book series written and drawn by the Belgian writer-artist Hergé, it was a live-action film with actors made-up to look like the characters and featured