Pomponius Mela describes the Fortunatae off the African coast.

In the Chorography (III, 102), Pomponius Mela places the Fortunatae off the African coast and describes a land of abundant fruit whose inhabitants supposedly lived free of care. He adds a legend of two springs: one allegedly caused fatal laughter, while the other provided a cure. Blázquez places this account in the middle of the first century AD. García García tentatively relates the fable to a Punic source that Juba II may also have consulted. This is a geographical description incorporating fabulous elements, not an account of a new expedition or evidence for such properties of the water.