1.202.4): Atlantis thalassa (Greek: Ἀτλαντὶς θάλασσα English: 'Sea of Atlas' or 'the Atlantic sea' ) where the name refers to "the sea beyond the pillars of Heracles" which is said to be part of the sea that surrounds all land. 'Sea of Atlas') and in The Histories of Herodotus around 450 BC (Hdt. The oldest known mentions of an "Atlantic" sea come from Stesichorus around mid-sixth century BC (Sch. The Aethiopian Ocean in a 1710 French map of Africa
The Atlantic Ocean is divided in two parts, by the Equatorial Counter Current, with the North(ern) Atlantic Ocean and the South(ern) Atlantic Ocean split at about 8°N. As one component of the interconnected World Ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean, to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south (other definitions describe the Atlantic as extending southward to Antarctica). The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between Europe and Africa to the east, and North and South America to the west. Such naval battles, as well as growing trade from regional American powers like the United States and Brazil, both increased in degree during the 20th century, and while no major military conflicts took place in the Atlantic in the present 21st century, the ocean remains a core component of trade across the world. From the 16th to 19th centuries, the Atlantic Ocean was the center of both an eponymous slave trade and the Columbian exchange while occasionally hosting naval battles. Columbus's expedition ushered in an age of exploration and colonization of the Americas by European powers, most notably Spain, France, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. While the Norse were the first known humans to cross the Atlantic, it was the 1492 expedition of Christopher Columbus that proved to be the most consequential. Through its separation from Africa, Europe, and Asia from the Americas, the Atlantic Ocean has played a central role in the development of human society, globalization, and the histories of many nations. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe, and Asia from the " New World" of the Americas in the European perception of the World. It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about 85,133,000 km 2 (32,870,000 sq mi). The pass starts from just northeast of the island of Newfoundland over the North Atlantic Ocean to central Africa, over South Sudan. This video was taken by the crew of Expedition 29 on board the ISS.
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