Egyptians in the New World?

[ruski94]

would it make sense if the main character of my book, who is going to be the son of Gaius Suetonius Paulinos (He was the first roman to cross the Atlas Mnts. and traveled all the way to the Senegal River by land), has ships that are built like Liburnae or Quinquermes but with larger hulls and 2 instead of one sail? He has reasoning behind this because he is intending on embarking on an expedition around the western coast of Africa. As his large fleet reaches the Bay of Guinea they are swept by a current and carried to the middle of the Atlantic. After several weeks they land at the northeastern coast of South America.