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Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 12:32 pm
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Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:20 am
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Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 2:34 pm
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:43 am
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:57 am
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:21 am
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Avast thar, matey, as we raise the anchor and set sail for the seven seas! "What seas be these," ye land-lubbers say? Well, honestly, any seas, just as long as there's a lot of 'em, methinks! And bandaidd is so desirous of sailing all the darn seas, she has done her homework! If ye want to glean from me learnin' ye scabarous flea-bitten sons o' dogs, keep readin.
While pirates and ancient mariners may have bragged about sailing the seven seas, the phrase is merely figurative. The dictionary explains it as meaning "all the oceans of the world."
In ancient and medieval Europe and Arabia, the seven seas were some combination of these nine bodies of water: the Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, Arabian Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea. Notice how they're all clustered around the Mediterranean -- these so-called sailors had yet to venture out of their backyards.
During the Age of Discovery, from 1450 to 1650, this informal list was sometimes rearranged to be these seven navigable seas: the Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Pacific Ocean. Bigger, but still not all-encompassing.
Only in more recent times did the list go worldwide as the Arctic Ocean, Antarctic (or Southern) Ocean, Indian Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, and South Pacific Ocean. Of course, that's something of a stretch, because it cuts two oceans in half. And the world's oceans are actually connected, so they're all one, great, big sea.
But what kind of salty sea dog wants to sail just one? Arrrr.
below me would rather be a land-lubber.
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:18 pm
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:33 am
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 3:08 pm
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:27 pm
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Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:24 am
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Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:40 am
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Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:46 am
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