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Ra II, a ship built from papyrus, was successfully sailed across the Atlantic by Thor Heyerdahl proving that it was possible to cross the Atlantic from Africa using such boats in early epochs of history.

This is a list of notable crossings or attempted crossings of the Atlantic Ocean. For the purposes of this list, a transatlantic voyage goes between the Americas, Caribbean, or nearby islands; and Europe, Iceland, Africa, or nearby islands.

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List of crossings of the Atlantic Ocean

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is a list of notable crossings or attempted crossings of the Atlantic Ocean. For the purposes of this list, a transatlantic voyage goes between the Americas...

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Transatlantic crossing

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Transatlantic crossings are passages of passengers and cargo across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe or Africa and the Americas. The majority of passenger...

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Atlantic Ocean

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The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about 85,133,000 km2 (32,870,000 sq mi). It covers approximately 17%...

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List of shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean

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list of shipwrecks which occurred in the Atlantic Ocean. The list includes ships that sank, foundered, grounded, or were otherwise lost. The Atlantic...

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List of crossings of the Delaware River

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is a list of bridges, ferries, and other crossings of the Delaware River and Delaware Bay from the Atlantic Ocean upstream to the confluence of the East...

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Ocean Explorers Grand Slam

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open-water crossings on all five oceans using human-powered vessels. Fiann achieved the title with his completed crossings on the following oceans: Atlantic (date...

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Ocean rowing

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Alone Across the Atlantic". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 December 2018. "The Ocean Rowing Society International, Atlantic Ocean Crossings West - East...

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Atlantic Ocean Road

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The Atlantic Ocean Road or the Atlantic Road (Norwegian: Atlanterhavsvegen / Atlanterhavsveien) is an 8.3-kilometer (5.2 mi) long section of County Road...

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List of waterways forming and crossings of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

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This is a list of waterways that form the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, sometimes called the Intracoastal Canal, and crossings (bridges, tunnels and...

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Transatlantic sailing record

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Since the five-week voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492, crossing the Atlantic Ocean, quickly and safely, between Europe and the Americas has always...

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Battle of the Atlantic

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The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major...

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Blue Riband

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The Blue Riband (/ˈrɪbənd/) is an unofficial accolade given to the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean in regular service with the record highest...

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Arctic Ocean

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an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. It is also seen as the northernmost part of the all-encompassing World Ocean. The Arctic Ocean includes the North Pole...

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Oceanography

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(ōkeanós) 'ocean', and γραφή (graphḗ) 'writing'), also known as oceanology, sea science, ocean science, and marine science, is the scientific study of the oceans...

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Fiann Paul

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open-water crossings on each of the five oceans using human-powered vessels. Fiann Paul was born Paweł Pietrzak on 15 August, 1980 in Warsaw, Poland. In the mid-2000s...

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Continental Divide of the Americas

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and separates the watersheds that drain into the Pacific Ocean from those river systems that drain into the Atlantic and Arctic Ocean, including those...

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Savannah River

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from there, the river broadens into an estuary before flowing into the Atlantic Ocean. The area where the river's estuary meets the ocean is known as...

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Ocean liner

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than comfort. The Italian Line's SS Michelangelo and SS Raffaello, the last ocean liners to be built primarily for crossing the North Atlantic, could not...

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List of crossings of the Los Angeles River

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This is a list of crossings of the Los Angeles River. Crossings are listed from south to north; that is, going upstream from the mouth of the river channel...

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Outline of oceanography

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list of topics on oceanography. Oceanography can be described as all of the following: The study of the physical and biological aspects of the ocean An...

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Circumnavigation

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and returned in 1522, after crossing the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. Since the rise of commercial aviation in the late 20th century, circumnavigating...

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Southern Ocean

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Atlantic, and Indian oceans but larger than the Arctic Ocean. The maximum depth of the Southern Ocean, using the definition that it lies south of 60th...

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List of bridges in the United States by state

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Massachusetts List of crossings of the Connecticut River List of crossings of the Housatonic River List of waterways forming and crossings of the Atlantic Intracoastal...

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