Egyptians in the New World?

[M. Demetrius]

I would think that to be too many soldiers unless this was a battle-ready group. But it's your story, and your reasons will fill in blanks like that. A trireme could manage 150 marines, but they would generally not have been on board unless the navarchvs was expecting a military vessel attack. Pirates would not require your total of approx 1100 fighting men otherwise.

But again, that's just me.