History of the Atlantic Ocean

ocean between Europe, Africa and the Americas

Portuguese prince and governor (1394–1460)

slave trade across the Atlantic Ocean between the 16th and 19th centuries

trade route among three ports or regions

biological exchange across Atlantic Ocean

convoy system used by the Spanish Empire from 1566 to 1790

undersea cable

a period in European history during which a very swift and radical socioeconomic shift occurs

thumb|Atlantica at about 2 Ga. Archean cratons in grey. Atlantica (; Atlantika) is an ancient continent that formed during the Proterozoic about (two billion years ago, Ga) from various 2 Ga cratons located in what are now West Africa and eastern South America. The name, introduced by John Rogers in 1996, was chosen because the parts of the ancient continent are now located on opposite sides of the South Atlantic Ocean.

flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean

stage in the Atlantic triangular slave trade

French swimmer

navigational technique perfected by Portuguese navigators during the Age of Discovery in the late fifteenth century

historical region

thumb|United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves and its colonies, 1800. Pluricontinentalism () was a geopolitical concept framing Portugal as a transcontinental country and a unitary nation-state made up of both continental Portugal and its overseas provinces. Tracing its roots to as early as the 14th century, pluricontinentalism was later promoted under the Estado Novo regime as a last attempt to justify retaining its remaining colonies. It presented Portugal not as a colonial empire but as a single nation-state spanning multiple continents, giving rise to the term.

dated term for the South Atlantic collectively or particularly for the portion of the South Atlantic south of the Guinea Coast and west of southern Africa

historical island located in Badagry, Lagos State

cultural site included in World heritage Tentative Lists

Royal Navy suppression of the slave trade

1996 replica caravel, ship located in Bristol, UK

transport company

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